1959 South American Championship (Ecuador) squads

The following are the squad lists for the countries that played in the 1959 South American Championship held in Ecuador, the second edition of the tournament contested twice in a year.[1][2]

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay.[3] Unlike the previous edition held that same year in Argentina, the participant teams brought reserve squads to the competition. Moreover, Brazilian roster included players from teams from Pernambuco state only, while Argentina brought younger or reserve players.[1]

The teams played in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.[4]

Argentina

Head Coach: José Manuel Moreno

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2DF Norberto Anido (1933-02-09)9 February 1933 (aged 26) 1 0 Racing Club
2DF Carlos Arredondo (1933-10-26)26 October 1933 (aged 26) 0 0 Huracán
4FW Raúl Belén (1931-07-01)1 July 1931 (aged 28) 7 3 Racing Club
2DF Rodolfo Betinotti (1932-10-07)7 October 1932 (aged 27) 0 0 Atlanta
4FW Norberto Boggio (1934-08-11)11 August 1934 (aged 25) 3 0 San Lorenzo
3MF José Carbone (1930-09-15)15 September 1930 (aged 29) 0 0 Independiente
1GK Néstor Errea (1939-04-27)27 April 1939 (aged 20) 0 0 Atlanta
4FW Héctor Facundo (1937-11-02)2 November 1937 (aged 22) 1 0 San Lorenzo
4FW Omar García (1939-09-12)12 September 1939 (aged 20) 0 0 San Lorenzo
3MF Carlos Griguol (1934-09-04)4 September 1934 (aged 25) 0 0 Atlanta
3MF Juan Héctor Guidi (1930-07-14)14 July 1930 (aged 29) 18 0 Lanús
2DF Juan Francisco Lombardo (1925-06-11)11 June 1925 (aged 34) 36 0 Boca Juniors
3MF Eliseo Mouriño (1927-06-03)3 June 1927 (aged 32) 23 0 Boca Juniors
2DF Juan Carlos Murúa (1935-07-18)18 July 1935 (aged 24) 6 0 Racing Club
1GK Jorge Negri (1932-11-30)30 November 1932 (aged 27) 7 0 Racing Club
4FW Juan José Pizzuti (1927-05-09)9 May 1927 (aged 32) 7 3 Racing Club
3MF Antonio Rattín (1937-05-16)16 May 1937 (aged 22) 1 0 Boca Juniors
4FW Juan José Rodríguez (1937-01-11)11 January 1937 (aged 22) 4 0 Boca Juniors
3MF Miguel Ángel Ruíz (1934-01-10)10 January 1934 (aged 25) 1 0 San Lorenzo
4FW José Sanfilippo (1935-05-04)4 May 1935 (aged 24) 8 3 San Lorenzo
4FW Rubén Sosa (1936-11-14)14 November 1936 (aged 23) 4 4 Racing Club

Brazil

Head Coach: Gentil Cardoso

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2DF Biu (1936-03-27)27 March 1936 (aged 23) 0 0 Santa Cruz
2DF Bria (1928-05-12)12 May 1928 (aged 30) 0 0 Sport Recife
2DF Clóvis (1937-08-28)28 August 1937 (aged 22) 0 0 Santa Cruz
2DF Édson (1933-03-19)19 March 1933 (aged 26) 13 0 Sport Recife
4FW Elcy (1938-12-05)5 December 1938 (aged 21) 0 0 Sport Recife
4FW Elias (1931-02-20)20 February 1931 (aged 28) 0 0 Náutico
3MF Fernando 0 0 Náutico
4FW Geraldo (1936-03-06)6 March 1936 (aged 23) 0 0 Náutico
2DF Geroldo (1933-03-14)14 March 1933 (aged 26) 0 0 Santa Cruz
2DF Givaldo (1935-03-12)12 March 1935 (aged 24) 0 0 Náutico
4FW Goiano (1935-09-24)24 September 1935 (aged 24) 0 0 Santa Cruz
1GK Moacir (1921-03-27)27 March 1921 (aged 38) 20 0 Vasco da Gama
4FW Paulo (1930-11-01)1 November 1930 (aged 29) 0 0 Náutico
2DF Servílio (1929-09-25)25 September 1929 (aged 30) 0 0 Santa Cruz
4FW Tião (1936-05-11)11 May 1936 (aged 23) 0 0 Santa Cruz
3MF Traçaia (1933-08-06)6 August 1933 (aged 26) 0 0 Sport Recife
1GK Valter (1935-07-25)25 July 1935 (aged 24) 0 0 Santa Cruz
1GK Waldemar (1936-03-04)4 March 1936 (aged 23) 0 0 Náutico
3MF Zé Maria (1931-12-03)3 December 1931 (aged 28) 0 0 Sport Recife
3MF Zé de Mello (1934-01-07)7 January 1934 (aged 25) 0 0 Santa Cruz
3MF Zequinha (1938-07-06)6 July 1938 (aged 21) 0 0 Náutico

Ecuador

Head Coach: Juan López Fontana

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2DF Francisco Almeida (1936-10-04)4 October 1936 (aged 23) 0 0 España
4FW Carlos Altamirano 0 0 Everest
2DF Raúl Argüello (1936-05-01)1 May 1936 (aged 23) 6 0 Everest
4FW Nelson Aurea 0 0 Patria
3MF Alberto Cruz Ávila (1937-08-02)2 August 1937 (aged 22) 0 0 Emelec
4FW José Balseca (1933-08-19)19 August 1933 (aged 26) 15 0 Emelec
1GK Alfredo Bonnard (1930-11-03)3 November 1930 (aged 29) 15 0 Patria
4FW Clímaco Cañarte (1936-02-05)5 February 1936 (aged 23) 8 0 Barcelona
2DF Jaime Galarza (1934-11-07)7 November 1934 (aged 25) 2 0 Patria
2DF Rómulo Gómez (1934-06-06)6 June 1934 (aged 25) 2 0 Emelec
2DF Honorato Gonzabay (1929-12-29)29 December 1929 (aged 29) 8 0 Atlético Chalaco
4FW Ernesto Guerra (1934-02-23)23 February 1934 (aged 25) 0 0 Barcelona
2DF Jorge Izaguirre (1928-01-23)23 January 1928 (aged 31) 7 0 9 de Octubre
2DF Vicente Lecaro (1936-06-08)8 June 1936 (aged 23) 0 0 Barcelona
3MF Flávio Nall (1934-06-29)29 June 1934 (aged 25) 0 0 Valdez
4FW Leonardo Palacios (1933-04-02)2 April 1933 (aged 26) 0 0 Aucas
4FW Carlos Raffo (1926-04-10)10 April 1926 (aged 33) 0 0 Emelec
3MF Ruperto Reeves (1934-02-12)12 February 1934 (aged 25) 0 0 Barcelona
3MF Juan Ruales 0 0
4FW Mario Saeteros 4 0 Patria
4FW Alberto Spencer (1937-12-06)6 December 1937 (aged 22) 0 0 Peñarol
2DF Jaime Ubilla (1932-10-20)20 October 1932 (aged 27) 0 0 Emelec
1GK Cipriano Yu Lee (1933-09-16)16 September 1933 (aged 26) 2 0 Emelec

Paraguay

Head Coach: Benjamín Laterza

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Samuel Aguilar (1933-03-16)16 March 1933 (aged 26) 2 0 Libertad
4FW Genaro Benítez (1929-07-17)17 July 1929 (aged 30) 0 0 Cerro Porteño
4FW Pedro Cabral (1940-02-06)6 February 1940 (aged 19) 0 0 12 de Octubre
2DF Eligio Echagüe (1931-12-31)31 December 1931 (aged 27) 7 0 Olimpia
4FW Rolando Esquivel 0 0 River Plate
2DF Crescencio Gómez 0 0
4FW Eligio Insfrán (1935-10-27)27 October 1935 (aged 24) 0 0 Guaraní
4FW Agustin Jara 0 0 River Plate
4FW Claudio Lezcano 3 0 Olimpia
2DF Idalino Monges (1940-06-05)5 June 1940 (aged 19) 0 0 Cerro Porteño
2DF Carlos Monín (1939-07-18)18 July 1939 (aged 20) 0 0 Cerro Porteño
4FW Fabián Muñoz (1939-01-20)20 January 1939 (aged 17) 0 0 Sol de América
4FW Gerardo Núñez 0 0 Sportivo Luqueño
3MF Silvio Parodi (1931-11-06)6 November 1931 (aged 28) 1 0 Vasco da Gama
1GK Carlos Adolfo Riquelme (1928-09-10)10 September 1928 (aged 31) 0 0 Atlético Chalaco
2DF Luis Gonzaga Torres 0 0 Cerro Porteño
2DF Salvador Villalba (1924-08-29)29 August 1924 (aged 35) 13 1 Libertad
3MF Celso Zaracho 0 0 Cerro Porteño
4FW Eladio Zárate (1942-01-14)14 January 1942 (aged 17) 0 0 General Caballero

Uruguay

Head Coach: Juan Carlos Corazzo

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
3MF Eladio Benítez (1939-02-24)24 February 1939 (aged 20) 3 0 Racing de Montevideo
4FW Mario Bergara (1937-01-12)12 January 1937 (aged 22) 0 0 Racing de Montevideo
3MF Carlos Chávez 1 0 Liverpool
2DF Julio Dalmao (1940-05-05)5 May 1940 (aged 19) 0 0 Cerro
2DF Walter Davoine (1935-03-27)27 March 1935 (aged 24) 5 0 Rampla Juniors
1GK Luis Dogliotti (1937-06-21)21 June 1937 (aged 22) 0 0 Liverpool
4FW Vladas Douksas (1933-03-14)14 March 1933 (aged 26) 6 3 Rampla Juniors
4FW Guillermo Escalada (1936-04-24)24 April 1936 (aged 23) 9 5 Nacional
4FW Javier Espalter 0 0 Sud América
2DF Jorge Gómez 0 0 Nacional
2DF Rubén González (1939-07-17)17 July 1939 (aged 20) 0 0 Nacional
4FW Víctor Guaglianone (1936-09-24)24 September 1936 (aged 23) 2 1 Montevideo Wanderers
3MF Washington Manghini 2 0 Danubio
2DF Mario Méndez (1938-05-11)11 May 1938 (aged 21) 0 0 Sud América
4FW Juan Carlos Mesías (1933-07-06)6 July 1933 (aged 26) 5 0 Nacional
4FW Domingo Pérez (1936-06-07)7 June 1936 (aged 23) 2 1 Rampla Juniors
4FW William Píriz (1934-11-21)21 November 1934 (aged 25) 0 0 Defensor Sporting
4FW José Sasía (1933-12-27)27 December 1933 (aged 25) 15 4 Defensor Sporting
3MF Alcides Silveira (1938-03-18)18 March 1938 (aged 21) 4 0 Sud América
1GK Roberto Sosa (1935-06-14)14 June 1935 (aged 24) 0 0 Nacional
2DF Horacio Troche (1936-02-04)4 February 1936 (aged 23) 0 0 Nacional

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