1956 South American Championship squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1956 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.^[1]^[2]

Argentina

Head Coach: Guillermo Stábile

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Julio Musimessi	(1924-07-09)9 July 1924 (aged 31)	Boca Juniors
2DF	Juan Carlos Colman	(1922-12-15)15 December 1922 (aged 33)	Boca Juniors
2DF	Pedro Dellacha	(1926-07-09)9 July 1926 (aged 29)	Racing Club
2DF	José García Pérez	(1921-12-03)3 December 1921 (aged 34)	Racing Club
2DF	Federico Vairo	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 25)	River Plate
3MF	Ernesto Gutiérrez	(1927-11-09)9 November 1927 (aged 28)	Racing Club
3MF	Juan Francisco Lombardo	(1925-06-11)11 June 1925 (aged 30)	Boca Juniors
3MF	Eliseo Mouriño	(1927-06-03)3 June 1927 (aged 28)	Boca Juniors
3MF	José Varacka	(1932-05-27)27 May 1932 (aged 23)	Independiente
3MF	Carlos Cecconato	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 25)	Independiente
4FW	Ernesto Cucchiaroni	(1927-11-16)16 November 1927 (aged 28)	Boca Juniors
4FW	Ernesto Grillo	(1929-10-01)1 October 1929 (aged 26)	Independiente
4FW	Ángel Labruna	(1918-09-28)28 September 1918 (aged 37)	River Plate
4FW	Francisco Lojacono	(1935-12-11)11 December 1935 (aged 20)	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
4FW	Rodolfo Micheli	(1930-04-24)24 April 1930 (aged 25)	Independiente
4FW	Luis Pentrelli	(1932-06-15)15 June 1932 (aged 23)	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
4FW	Enrique Omar Sívori	(1935-10-02)2 October 1935 (aged 20)	River Plate
4FW	Roberto Zárate	(1932-12-15)15 December 1932 (aged 23)	River Plate
4FW	Ricardo Bonelli	(1932-10-28)28 October 1932 (aged 23)	Independiente

Brazil

Head Coach: Vicente Feola

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Gilmar	(1930-08-22)22 August 1930 (aged 28)	Corinthians
1GK	Cabeção	(1930-08-23)23 August 1930 (aged 25)	Portuguesa
1GK	Paulo Martorano	(1933-05-03)3 May 1933 (aged 22)	São Paulo
2DF	Alfredo Ramos	(1924-10-27)27 October 1924 (aged 31)	São Paulo
2DF	Nílton de Sordi	(1931-02-14)14 February 1931 (aged 24)	São Paulo
2DF	Olavo	(1927-11-09)9 November 1927 (aged 28)	Corinthians
2DF	Chico Formiga	(1930-11-11)11 November 1930 (aged 25)	Santos FC
2DF	Djalma Santos	(1929-02-23)23 February 1929 (aged 26)	Portuguesa
2DF	Mauro Ramos	(1930-08-30)30 August 1930 (aged 25)	São Paulo
3MF	Canhoteiro	(1932-09-24)24 September 1932 (aged 23)	São Paulo
3MF	Jair	(1921-03-21)21 March 1921 (aged 34)	Santos FC
3MF	Antonio Elías Julião	(1929-04-11)11 April 1929 (aged 26)	Corinthians
3MF	Roberto Belangero	(1928-06-28)28 June 1928 (aged 27)	Corinthians
3MF	Zito	(1932-08-08)8 August 1932 (aged 23)	Santos FC
4FW	Álvaro	(1931-09-24)24 September 1931 (aged 24)	Santos FC
4FW	Baltazar	(1926-01-14)14 January 1926 (aged 30)	Corinthians
4FW	Emanuele Del Vecchio	(1934-09-24)24 September 1934 (aged 21)	Santos FC
4FW	Luizinho	(1930-03-07)7 March 1930 (aged 25)	Corinthians
4FW	Maurinho	(1933-06-06)6 June 1933 (aged 22)	São Paulo
4FW	Nestor Alves da Silva	(1926-06-23)23 June 1926 (aged 29)	XV de Jaú
4FW	Tite	(1930-06-04)4 June 1930 (aged 25)	Santos FC
4FW	Zezinho	(1930-06-02)2 June 1930 (aged 25)	São Paulo

Chile

Head Coach: Luis Tirado

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Misael Escuti	(1928-12-20)20 December 1928 (aged 27)	Colo Colo
1GK	Francisco Nitsche	(1930-11-04)4 November 1930 (aged 25)	Unión Española
1GK	Carlos Espinoza	(1928-04-21)21 April 1928 (aged 27)	Everton
2DF	Rodolfo Almeyda	(1923-07-05)5 July 1923 (aged 32)	Palestino
2DF	Manuel Álvarez	(1928-05-23)23 May 1928 (aged 27)	Universidad Católica
2DF	Isaac Carrasco	(1928-08-12)12 August 1928 (aged 27)	Colo Colo
2DF	Carlos Cubillos	(1929-12-25)25 December 1929 (aged 26)	Unión Española
2DF	Sergio Goity		Palestino
3MF	Ramiro Cortés	(1931-04-27)27 April 1931 (aged 24)	Audax Italiano
3MF	Enrique Hormazábal	(1931-01-06)6 January 1931 (aged 25)	Colo Colo
4FW	Sergio Espinoza		Audax Italiano
4FW	José Fernández		Palestino
4FW	René Meléndez	(1928-12-29)29 December 1928 (aged 27)	Everton
4FW	Manuel Muñoz	(1928-04-28)28 April 1928 (aged 27)	Colo Colo
4FW	Jaime Ramírez	(1931-08-14)14 August 1931 (aged 24)	Colo Colo
4FW	Leonel Sánchez	(1936-04-25)25 April 1936 (aged 19)	Universidad de Chile

Paraguay

Head Coach: Julio Ramírez [pl]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
—	1GK	Manuel Benítez		Club Olimpia
—	1GK	Asunción Caballero	(1932-05-05)5 May 1932 (aged 23)	Club Presidente Hayes
—	2DF	Edelmiro Arévalo	(1929-01-07)7 January 1929 (aged 27)	Club Olimpia
—	2DF	Higinio Benítez Casco		Club Libertad
—	2DF	Robustiano Maciel	(1930-05-24)24 May 1930 (aged 25)	Club Sol de América
—	2DF	Albino Ricardo		Cerro Porteño
—	3MF	Eligio Echagüe	(1931-12-31)31 December 1931 (aged 24)	Club Olimpia
—	3MF	Ireneo Hermosilla	(1928-01-31)31 January 1928 (aged 29)	Club Libertad
—	3MF	Victoriano Leguizamón	(1922-03-23)23 March 1922 (aged 33)	Club Olimpia
—	3MF	Alfredo Vega	(1935-02-02)2 February 1935 (aged 20)	Club Libertad
—	3MF	Salvador Villalba	(1924-08-29)29 August 1924 (aged 31)	Club Libertad
—	3MF	Joel Cabrera	(1933-04-20)20 April 1933 (aged 22)	Cerro Porteño
—	4FW	Juan Cañete	(1929-07-27)27 July 1929 (aged 26)	Boca Juniors de Cali
—	4FW	Antonio Ramón Gómez [pl]	(1928-05-04)4 May 1928 (aged 27)	Club Libertad
—	4FW	Hermes González	(1935-04-06)6 April 1935 (aged 20)	Club Libertad
—	4FW	Enrique Jara Saguier	(1934-07-12)12 July 1934 (aged 21)	Cerro Porteño
—	4FW	Manuel Lugo		Sportivo Luqueño
—	4FW	Hilarión Osorio	(1928-10-21)21 October 1928 (aged 27)	Sportivo Luqueño
—	4FW	Máximo Rolón	(1934-11-18)18 November 1934 (aged 21)	Club Libertad
—	4FW	Juan Ángel Romero	(1934-12-27)27 December 1934 (aged 21)	Club Nacional de Football
—	4FW	Ruperto Torres		Club Olimpia

Peru

Head Coach: Arturo Fernández

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Dimas Zegarra [es]	(1932-12-19)19 December 1932 (aged 23)	Club Universitario de Deportes
2DF	Isaac Andrade [es]	(1937-07-13)13 July 1937 (aged 18)	Sport Boys
2DF	Víctor Salas [es]	(1935-03-29)29 March 1935 (aged 20)	Club Universitario de Deportes
2DF	Guillermo Delgado	(1931-02-11)11 February 1931 (aged 24)	Alianza Lima
2DF	René Gutiérrez [es]		Club Universitario de Deportes
3MF	Cornelio Heredia [es]	(1920-10-16)16 October 1920 (aged 35)	Alianza Lima
3MF	Alberto Loret de Mola [fr]	(1928-01-13)13 January 1928 (aged 28)	Club Universitario de Deportes
3MF	Roberto Drago [es]	(1923-07-28)28 July 1923 (aged 32)	Deportivo Municipal
3MF	Carlos Lazón [es]	(1929-10-05)5 October 1929 (aged 26)	Alianza Lima
3MF	Alberto Terry	(1929-05-16)16 May 1929 (aged 26)	Club Universitario de Deportes
3MF	Luis Calderón	(1929-06-17)17 June 1929 (aged 26)	Sport Boys
3MF	Germán Colunga [es]	(1922-05-28)28 May 1922 (aged 33)	Deportivo Municipal
4FW	Máximo Mosquera	(1928-01-08)8 January 1928 (aged 28)	Sporting Cristal
4FW	Félix Castillo	(1928-02-21)21 February 1928 (aged 27)	Alianza Lima
4FW	Guillermo Barbadillo [es]	(1925-01-09)9 January 1925 (aged 31)	Alianza Lima
4FW	Óscar Gómez Sánchez	(1935-10-31)31 October 1935 (aged 20)	Alianza Lima
4FW	Roberto Castillo [es]	(1930-04-29)29 April 1930 (aged 25)	Alianza Lima
4FW	Juan Seminario	(1936-07-22)22 July 1936 (aged 19)	Deportivo Municipal
4FW	Jacinto Villalba [es]	(1924-02-08)8 February 1924 (aged 31)	Club Universitario de Deportes

Uruguay

Head Coach: Hugo Bagnulo

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Julio Maceiras	(1926-04-22)22 April 1926 (aged 29)	Danubio
2DF	William Martínez	(1928-01-13)13 January 1928 (aged 28)	Peñarol
2DF	Ladislao Brazionis	(1929-06-23)23 June 1929 (aged 26)	Rampla Juniors
2DF	Carlos Correa		Danubio
3MF	Alfonso Auscarriaga		Danubio
3MF	Roque Fernández	1927 (28-29)	Rampla Juniors
3MF	Héctor Demarco	(1936-02-12)12 February 1936 (aged 19)	Club Nacional de Football
3MF	Luis Alberto Miramontes	(1928-12-15)15 December 1928 (aged 27)	Defensor
3MF	Víctor Andrade	(1927-02-04)4 February 1927 (aged 28)	Peñarol
3MF	Javier Ambrois	(1932-05-09)9 May 1932 (aged 23)	Club Nacional de Football
3MF	Roberto Leopardi	(1933-07-19)19 July 1933 (aged 22)	Club Nacional de Football
3MF	Carlos Cháves		Liverpool
4FW	Washington Manghini		Danubio
4FW	Guillermo Escalada	(1936-04-24)24 April 1936 (aged 19)	Club Nacional de Football
4FW	Walter Roque	(1937-05-08)8 May 1937 (aged 18)	Rampla Juniors
4FW	Carlos Carranza		Cerro
4FW	Carlos Borges	(1932-01-14)14 January 1932 (aged 24)	Peñarol
4FW	Luis Pírez		Racing Club
4FW	Daniel Melgarejo		Danubio
4FW	Óscar Miguez	(1927-12-05)5 December 1927 (aged 28)	Peñarol

References

^ "Copa América 1956 Uruguay » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "South American Championship 1956". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[1] "Copa América 1956 Uruguay » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[2] "South American Championship 1956". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

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