Abdón Porte
| Abdón Porte | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | 1880 or 1893 | |
| place of birth | Durazno , Uruguay | |
| date of death | March 5, 1918 | |
| Place of death | Montevideo , Uruguay | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1910 | Colón Fútbol Club | |
| 1911 | Libertad | |
| 1911-1918 | Nacional Montevideo | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| at least 1917 | Uruguay | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Abdón Porte (* 1880 or 1893 in Durazno ; † March 5, 1918 there ) was a Uruguayan football player .
Club career
The El Indio called Porte began his career in 1910 with the Colón Fútbol Club . After a stint at Libertad in 1911, he played for the Nacional Montevideo from his debut on March 12, 1911 against Dublin Football Club until his death in 1918 . The day before his death, he played his last game against Charley Football Club .
During his time at Nacional, in which he played 207 games for the club, he won the Uruguayan championship four times (1912, 1915, 1916 and 1917) and was the undisputed captain of the team.
National team
The defensive midfielder was also a member of the Uruguayan national soccer team , with which he participated in the Campeonato Sudamericano in 1917 and became South American champion.
successes
- South American champion 1917
- 4 × Uruguayan champions (1912, 1915, 1916 and 1917)
death
Porte killed himself shortly after midnight on March 5, 1918 in the center circle of the Estadio Gran Parque Central , the stadium of his Nacional Montevideo club . There he was found dead early in the morning. He shot himself in the heart with a revolver and left two farewell letters on the spot.
source
- Historia ( Memento from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ La conmovedora historia del capitán que prefirió morir antes que ser suplente (Spanish) on abc.es of March 6, 2015, accessed on May 13, 2015
- ↑ Abdón Porte: muerte y memoria ( Memento of May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) in El País , accessed on May 13, 2015
- ↑ Abdón Porte ( sp ) In: nacional.com.uy (web archive) . July 31, 2012. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015.
- ↑ Uruguayan squad at the Campeonato Sudamericano 1917 on rsssf.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Porte, Abdón |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1880 or 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Durazno |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1918 |
| Place of death | Montevideo |