Severino Varela

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Severino Varela Puente
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Severino Varela in a game
Personnel
birthday September 14, 1913
place of birth Montevideo ,  Uruguay
date of death July 29, 1995
position striker
Juniors
Years station
~ 1927 / 1928-1932 Olimpia (de la Aduana)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1932-1934 River Plate Montevideo 6 (5)
1935-1942 Peñarol Montevideo 74 (46)
1943-1945 Boca Juniors 67 (43)
1946-1948 Peñarol Montevideo
1948 South America
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1935-1942 Uruguay 24 (19)
1 Only league games are given.
Varela on June 24, 1938 in the club colors of Peñarol Montevideo

Severino Varela Puente (born September 14, 1913 in Montevideo , † July 29, 1995 ) was one of the best-known and most dangerous football players in Uruguay in the first half of the 20th century and also played in the national team of his home country .

society

The Uruguayan, called El Gallego , started playing football at Olimpia de la Aduana when he was 14 . At his club, which merged with Capurro in the early days of Uruguayan professional football to form the new club River Plate Montevideo , from 1932 he belonged to the squad in the top Uruguayan league. From 1935 he played for the more successful city rivals Peñarol , where he made his debut on April 30 of that year. Previously, his move had caused the so-called Severino case , in which Varela became a player without a contract . An agreement with River that Varela was not old enough to sign has been voided.

With Peñarol he managed to win four championship titles in a row (1935, 1936, 1937, 1938). In 1935 he was used as a half- forward while still on an offensive position in the left offensive midfield . In the following season, in which he was the most successful goalscorer of the Aurinegros with 13 goals , he was used as a right half-forward. In 1937 he retained this position and was able to show the second largest hit yield within the team with 17 goals behind center forward Horacio Telechea (20 goals). In 1938 he moved back to the left in the half-striker role and left Luis Matta his part of the preseason. With 28 goals he was once again the team's most successful shooter. In 1940, he was the best scorer of the season in Peñarol's 30 goals on his hit account. In his last year in the starting eleven in 1941, Lorenzo Pino also took his left half-forward role as an alternative . In 1942 he left the Montevideans and joined the Boca Juniors in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . With the Argentines he graduated from 1943 to 1945 67 games in the Primera División and scored 43 goals. Varela was also able to win two national championships during this period. During his time at Boca Juniors, he continued to work weekdays in Montevideo and only traveled to Argentina for the games. In order not to give up his state employment at UTE , he then renounced a long-term contract with Boca Juniors. His career therefore ended after another change at Peñarol. The second phase with the Aurinegros lasted from 1946 to 1948. Varela is, however, no longer led in the regular team of Peñarols during this period. However, a station at Sud América is also recorded for 1948 . After Boca found himself in a difficult situation in 1949, he showed his willingness to help by offering to play again for the club without pay.

Varela also wore a beret (boina) as a trademark during the games due to an advertising contract , with which he even headed a goal on September 29, 1943, which earned him the nickname boina fantasma . Given the time, this was an absolutely extraordinary situation because marketing didn't really exist at the time.

National team

On August 15, 1935, Severino Varela made his debut in the Uruguayan national football team and completed 24 games by February 7, 1942, in which he scored 19 goals. He achieved 15 of them at the Copa América , which means that he still holds third place in the all-time best of this competition. While he and his team received the bronze medal in 1937 and the silver medal in 1939 , they won the event in 1942 .

Other sources even have 40 international matches with 29 goals for him.

successes

societies

National team

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez : Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, Ediciones El Galeón , Montevideo 2011, pp. 65ff - ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
  2. ↑ profile on www.playerhistory.com ( Memento of 11 October 2014 Internet Archive ), accessed on November 10, 2012
  3. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez : Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, Ediciones El Galeón , Montevideo 2011, p. 86ff - ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
  4. ^ Severino Varela (Spanish) at www.padreydecano.com, accessed on November 10, 2012
  5. ↑ Short bio at www.historiadeboca.com.ar (Spanish), accessed on November 10, 2012
  6. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on November 9, 2012
  7. ^ Severino Varela (Spanish) at www.padreydecano.com, accessed on November 10, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Varela, Severino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Varela Puente, Severino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1995