Roberto Figueroa

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Roberto Figueroa
Personnel
birthday March 20, 1904
place of birth Uruguay
date of death January 24, 1989
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1923-1925, 1927-1929, 1931 Wanderers
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1921-1933 Uruguay 9 (6)
1 Only league games are given.

Roberto Figueroa (March 20, 1904 , † January 24, 1989 ) was a Uruguayan football player .

society

The Figueroa used on the left wing belonged to at least from 1923 to 1925, from 1927 to 1929 and 1931 the cadre of Wanderers in the Primera División . During this period he won the Uruguayan championship with the Wanderers in 1923 and 1931. The title of 1923 with the Atlético Wanderers was that of the parallel championship played by the Federación Uruguaya de Football (FUF) during the phase of the split in the organizational structure of Uruguayan football.

National team

Figueroa was also a member of the Uruguayan senior team . Overall, he completed nine internationals from his debut on November 2, 1921 to his last game for the Celeste on December 14, 1933. He scored six hits. Figueroa took part with the national team in the South American Championships in 1927 (three games, three goals, together with four other players top scorer ) and 1929 (no use). In 1927 he took second place with Uruguay. At the 1928 Summer Olympics Figueroa celebrated with the squad of Celeste finally his greatest career success. The team became Olympic champions. Figueroa played in a game of the Olympic tournament.

He also won the Copa Newton in 1924 with the national team .

successes

  • Olympic champion 1928
  • Vice South American Champion in 1927
  • Copa Newton 1924
  • 2 × Uruguayan champion ((1923), 1931)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Uruguayan Squads in the World Cup on rsssf.com, accessed January 19, 2013
  2. ↑ a b Page no longer available , search in web archives: Profile on www.playerhistory.com , accessed on January 19, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / soccerdatabase.eu
  3. ^ Uruguay - List of Final Tables 1900-2000 at www.rsssf.com, accessed January 19, 2013
  4. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on January 19, 2013
  5. ↑ South American Championship 1927 on www.rsssf.com, accessed 19 January 2013 at
  6. ↑ South American Championship 1929 on www.rsssf.com, accessed 19 January 2013 at
personal data
SURNAME Figueroa, Roberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1904
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1989