Santos Iriarte

Santos Iriarte
Santos Iriarte (front row, first from right)
Personnel
Surname	Victoriano Santos Iriarte
birthday	November 2, 1902
place of birth	Canelones ,  Uruguay
date of death	November 11, 1938
Place of death	Uruguay
size	169 cm
position	attack
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	Racing
1932-1934	Peñarol
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1930-1931	Uruguay	5 (2)
1 Only league games are given.

Victoriano Santos Iriarte (born November 2, 1902 in Canelones Department , Uruguay , † November 11, 1938 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan football player .

Club career

The El Canario named Iriarte was the descendant of a family from Puerto de la Cruz . He was active in his sporting career at club level for the two Uruguayan teams Racing and Peñarol as a player. Initially playing for Racing, he moved to the Aurinegros in 1932 . There he was in the squad from 1932 to 1934. As a left striker, he won the Uruguayan championship with Peñarol in 1932, the first of the beginning Profiaera. After he became seriously ill with tuberculosis in 1934 , he had to end his career. According to Luciano Álvarez , he died in 1938 at the age of 35.

National team

The striker , who was born in the Departamento Canelones and whose family came from Puerto de la Cruz , was a member of the Celeste , with which he was able to secure the world championship title at the first staging of this tournament at the Football World Cup in 1930 . In this tournament he was used in all four games of Uruguay and scored two goals. His last goal was the important 3-2 lead in the final against Argentina, which they ultimately won 4-2. Overall, he completed only one more international match for the national team of his home country called Celeste between 1930 and 1931 . So he came in the period from July 18, 1930 to September 6, 1931 only five international appearances, in which he hit the opposing goal twice.

successes

• World Champion (1930)
• Uruguayan Champion (1932)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Profile on www.playerhistory.com , accessed on November 10, 2012. According to the book by Luciano Álvarez, the cadre membership information at www.playerhistory.com is incorrect
2. ↑ In contrast to other sources, FIFA gives November 1, 1902 as the birthday.
3. ↑ Luciano Álvarez: Historia de Peñarol , 3rd edition 2010, p. 221
4. ↑ Victoriano Santos Iriarte, el primer canario en jugar un Campeonato del Mundo de Fútbol (Spanish) on rtvc.es of July 12, 2010, accessed on October 19, 2016
5. ↑ Luciano Álvarez: Historia de Peñarol , 3rd edition 2010, pp. 198, 221
6. ↑ Planteles Históricos (Spanish), accessed November 10, 2012
7. ↑ Victoriano Santos Iriarte, el primer canario en jugar un Campeonato del Mundo de Fútbol (Spanish) on www.rtvc.es of July 12, 2010, accessed on November 10, 2012
8. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on November 10, 2012