Víctor Rodríguez Andrade

Víctor Rodríguez Andrade
Personnel
Surname	Víctor Pablo Rodríguez Andrade
birthday	May 2, 1927
place of birth	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
date of death	May 19, 1985
Place of death	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
size	169 cm
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
0000-1952	Central
1952–1957?	Peñarol
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1947-1957	Uruguay	42 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Víctor Pablo Rodríguez Andrade (born May 2, 1927 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † May 19, 1985 ibid) was a Uruguayan football player .

Career

society

Born in the Barrio Sur of Montevideo, the nephew of the 1930 world champion, José Leandro Andrade , initially played for Central , which at the time was still called Central Fútbol Club . In 1952 he moved to Peñarol , where he replaced Washington Ortuño , his substitute at the 1950 World Cup, after his sudden career ended . With the Aurinegros he was two Uruguayan national champions (1953 and 1954).

National team

Andrade completed from his debut on December 2, 1947 to his last appearance for the Celeste on June 5, 1957 42 internationals for the national team of his home country called Celeste . A goal was not granted to him. He participated in the world championships in 1950 and 1954 . He celebrated the greatest success of his career by winning the world title in 1950. He was also a member of the Uruguayan team, which left the tournament at the 1956 South American Championship as the winner. He had previously been able to add participation in the Copa America in 1947 and 1953 to his success statistics.

successes

• 1950 world champion
• 1954 fourth in the world championship
• Copa America 1956
• 1953, 1954 Uruguayan champion with Peñarol

After the career

After Andrade finished his career as an athlete, he settled in Montevideo and worked for 20 years as a porter in the Palacio Legislativo . A month after his death on May 19, 1985, Senator Luis Hierro Gambardella dedicated a speech to him during a parliamentary session. In December 2005, the Uruguayan Post issued a stamp on the 100th anniversary of the founding of his first club, Central FC , later Central Español , on which he is shown together with his former teammate Luis Rijo and his then coach Juan López . In March 2007, a street, the Pasaje Víctor Rodríguez Andrade in the Barrio Sur district of Montevide, was named after him in honor of Andrades .

Web links

• Víctor Rodríguez Andrade in the database of FIFA (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Luciano Álvarez: Historia de Peñarol , 1st edition 2005, p. 432
2. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on December 16, 2012
3. ↑ Cámara de Senadores de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Nº 33 - Tomo 290, 32nd scheduled meeting ( memento of the original of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)