Santos Urdinarán

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Santos Urdinarán
Personnel
Surname Santos Vasquito Urdinarán Barrena
birthday March 30, 1900
place of birth Montevideo ,  Uruguay
date of death July 14, 1979
Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay
size 1.70 m
position attack
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1919-1933 Nacional Montevideo 318 (124)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1923-1932 Uruguay 22 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.

Santos Urdinarán , full name Santos Vasquito Urdinarán Barrena , (born March 30, 1900 in Montevideo , † July 14, 1979 ibid) was a Uruguayan football player on the position of the right winger and one of the most successful South American footballers of the early 20th century . His brother Antonio Urdinarán (* 1898, † 1961) was a well-known footballer.

society

Santos Urdinarán played during his entire active career at Club Nacional de Football and completed 318 competitive games in the league for this between 1919 and 1933 in 14 years. He scored 124 goals. With the team he was able to celebrate a total of five national championships in 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923 and 1924.

National team

However, he achieved particular fame for his title wins with the national team, in which he made his debut on September 30, 1923. In the same year he was in the squad for the Copa America . Although he was not used in this tournament, which Uruguay won, he was also part of the winning team as a substitute. The Uruguayan national football team was able to defend its title the following year and repeat it in 1926 - Urdinarán played a total of seven games in these editions. In 1924 in Paris and 1928 in Amsterdam , the team each played to Olympic victory and thus manifested its position as the world's dominant team at that time. Urdinarán participated again in seven games. In 1930 Uruguay hosted the first soccer world championship, which the host also won. Santos Urdinarán played a game at this tournament. Overall, the Uruguayan appeared in the national jersey 22 times between his debut and his last appearance for the Celeste on May 15, 1932. He managed to celebrate six triumphs in the three most important football tournaments within seven years. He also achieved a triple in 1924 by winning the championship, the second victory in the Copa América and the Olympic gold medal.

successes

National

  • Uruguayan champions: 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924

International

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile on sports-reference.com , accessed on April 17, 2017
  2. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on December 19, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Urdinarán, Santos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Urdinarán Barrena, Santos Vasquito (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1979
Place of death Montevideo