Pablo Forlán

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Pablo Forlán
Personnel
Surname Pablo Justo Forlán Lamarque
birthday July 14, 1945
place of birth SorianoUruguay
size 184 cm
position Defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1963-1970 Club Atlético Peñarol
1971-1975 Sao Paulo FC 73 (1)
1975-1976 Peñarol
1976-1977 Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte 1 (0)
1978 Nacional Montevideo
1979-1984 Club Atlético Defensor
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1966-1976 Uruguay 17 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Pablo Forlán , full name Pablo Justo Forlán Lamarque (born July 14, 1945 in Soriano ) is a former Uruguayan football player .

Forlán married Pilar Corrazo , the daughter of the only coach Nino Corazzo , who was successful twice with Uruguay at the South American Championships . From this marriage comes the son Diego Forlán .

Career

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The 1.84 meter tall defender Pablo Forlán played in the course of his career first from 1963 for Peñarol in the team coached by José Etchegoyen in the Cuarta División . At the beginning of 1965 he replaced Edgardo González's injury, which was significant at the end of his career, in his position after he had recently moved up to the first team for Néstor Gonçalves . There he initially had a difficult time with the fans, but eventually established himself and formed a successful, celebrated tandem with Julio Abbadie . On this path, according to Lucianó Alvarez, his strong personality, character and tenacity helped him establish himself as a defender. With the Aurinegros he not only won the Uruguayan championship in 1964, 1965, 1967 and 1968, but also secured the Copa Libertadores and the World Cup in 1966 . He was in the squad from 1964 to 1970. He then moved to São Paulo FC in Brazil, for which he played 73 games (one goal) in Brasileiro A between 1971 and 1975 and the state championship with his teammates in 1971 and 1975 Decided in favor of his club. In 1975 and 1976 he was again in Peñarol's ranks. In the first year of this second engagement, the Carboneros won another championship title in the Primera División . Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte was his employer from 1976 to 1977. A station at Nacional Montevideo followed in 1978 . The Bolsos were runner-up that year. He also played in the Uruguayan first division as part of his 1979-1984 membership of Defensor . In 1982 and 1983, his team took third place.

Sud América is named as another undated career station .

National team

The Uruguayan international took part in the 1966 World Cup in England and the 1974 World Cup in Germany . At the South American Championship in 1967 he won the title with Uruguay, with his later father-in-law serving as the team's coach. In total, he completed it from his debut on June 19, 1966 to his last appearance on April 8, 1976 17 internationals, but in which he could not score a personal goal.

Individual evidence

  1. El linaje en la sangre. In: Últimas Noticias . July 26, 2011, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved April 18, 2018 (Spanish). .
  2. Luciano Álvarez: Historia de Peñarol , 3rd edition 2010, p. 430; Luciano Álvarez: Historia de Peñarol , 1st edition 2005, 527.
  3. Planteles Históricos (Spanish), accessed December 20, 2012.
  4. Profile on playerhistory.com ( memento from June 19, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on December 20, 2012.
  5. Sud América cumple 100 años (Spanish) on ovaciondigital.com.uy of February 14, 2014, accessed on November 12, 2016.
  6. Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team on rsssf.com , accessed on December 20, 2012.