Jorge Acuña (football player, Uruguay)

Jorge Acuña
Personnel
Surname	Jorge Antonio Acuña Antúnez
birthday	20th century
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
at least 1967	South America
1968	Club Atlético Peñarol
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1966-1967	Uruguay	5 (?)
1 Only league games are given.

Jorge Acuña , full name Jorge Antonio Acuña Antúnez , (* 20th century) is a former Uruguayan football player .

Career

society

Acuña first played in 1967 for the Montevideo- based club Sud América . In 1968 he was part of the squad of Club Atlético Peñarol in the Primera División . The team coached by Rafael Milans won the Uruguayan championship that season . For the "Aurinegros" he came in the context of the Copa Libertadores 1968 in the two second round games against Sporting Cristal and Emelec as a substitute for the train. He did not play any other games at this international level for the club.

National team

Acuña was a member of the Uruguayan national team from 1961 to 1969. According to the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF) he completed five international matches for the senior national team of Uruguay between May 15, 1966 and July 30, 1967. He was part of the Uruguayan squad at the South American Championship in 1967 , in which the Celeste, supervised by Juan Carlos Corazzo , won the title. In the course of the tournament he came on after substitution in the 4-0 won game against Venezuela for a short stint. He was also used according to the ON at the Copa Artigas 1966 against Paraguay, on January 4, 1967 in a friendly international match against Romania, on June 25, 1967 in the Copa Río Branco 1967 against Brazil and on July 30, 1967 in a friendly international match against Peru. Other sources also credit him with two further appearances on July 20, 1969 against Ecuador and on August 10, 1969 against Chile as part of qualifying for the 1970 World Cup .

successes

• South American Champion: 1967
• Copa Artigas: 1966
• Uruguayan champion: 1968

After the career

Due to his poor economic situation, the Uruguayan Senate awarded him a state honorary pension ("Pensión Graciable") in December 2010.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ACUÑA ANTÚNEZ, Jorge Antonio ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) on parlamento.gub.uy, accessed on May 10, 2015 (PDF)  
2. ↑ South American Championship 1967 on rsssf.com, accessed on May 10, 2015
3. ↑ Planteles Históricos ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), accessed May 10, 2015 
4. ↑ Peñarol in Copa Libertadores 1960-1969 on rsssf.com, accessed May 10, 2015
5. ↑ Luciano Álvarez : Historia de Peñarol, 3rd edition 2010, p. 478
6. ↑ ACUÑA ANTÚNEZ, Jorge Antonio ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) on parlamento.gub.uy, accessed on May 10, 2015 (PDF)  
7. ↑ South American Championship 1967 on rsssf.com, accessed on May 10, 2015
8. ↑ ACUÑA ANTÚNEZ, Jorge Antonio ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) on parlamento.gub.uy, accessed on May 10, 2015 (PDF)  
9. ↑ profile on 11v11.com , accessed on May 10, 2015
10. ↑ ACUÑA ANTÚNEZ, Jorge Antonio ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) on parlamento.gub.uy, accessed on May 10, 2015 (PDF)