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)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
2DF	Juan Carlos Colman	(1922-12-15)15 December 1922 (aged 33)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
2DF	Pedro Dellacha	(1926-07-09)9 July 1926 (aged 29)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
2DF	José García Pérez	(1921-12-03)3 December 1921 (aged 34)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
2DF	Federico Vairo	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 25)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
3MF	Ernesto Gutiérrez	(1927-11-09)9 November 1927 (aged 28)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
3MF	Juan Francisco Lombardo	(1925-06-11)11 June 1925 (aged 30)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
3MF	Eliseo Mouriño	(1927-06-03)3 June 1927 (aged 28)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
3MF	José Varacka	(1932-05-27)27 May 1932 (aged 23)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
3MF	Carlos Cecconato	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 25)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
4FW	Ernesto Cucchiaroni	(1927-11-16)16 November 1927 (aged 28)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
4FW	Ernesto Grillo	(1929-10-01)1 October 1929 (aged 26)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
4FW	Ángel Labruna	(1918-09-28)28 September 1918 (aged 37)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
4FW	Francisco Lojacono	(1935-12-11)11 December 1935 (aged 20)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
4FW	Rodolfo Micheli	(1930-04-24)24 April 1930 (aged 25)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
4FW	Luis Pentrelli	(1932-06-15)15 June 1932 (aged 23)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
4FW	Enrique Omar Sívori	(1935-10-02)2 October 1935 (aged 20)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
4FW	Roberto Zárate	(1932-12-15)15 December 1932 (aged 23)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg
4FW	Ricardo Bonelli	(1932-10-28)28 October 1932 (aged 23)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg

Brazil

Head Coach: Vicente Feola

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

Chile

Head Coach: File:Flag of Chile.svg Luis Tirado

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Escuti, MisaelMisael Escuti	(1928-12-20)20 December 1928 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Colo Colo
1GK	Nitsche, FranciscoFrancisco Nitsche	(1930-11-04)04 November 1930 (aged 25)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Unión Española
1GK	Espinoza, CarlosCarlos Espinoza	(1928-04-21)21 April 1928 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Everton
2DF	Almeyda, RodolfoRodolfo Almeyda	(1923-07-05)05 July 1923 (aged 32)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Palestino
2DF	Álvarez, ManuelManuel Álvarez	(1928-05-23)23 May 1928 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Universidad Católica
2DF	Carrasco, IsaacIsaac Carrasco	(1928-08-12)12 August 1928 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Colo Colo
2DF	Cubillos, CarlosCarlos Cubillos	(1929-12-25)25 December 1929 (aged 26)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Unión Española
2DF	Goity, SergioSergio Goity		File:Flag of Chile.svg Palestino
3MF	Cortés, RamiroRamiro Cortés	(1931-04-27)27 April 1931 (aged 24)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Audax Italiano
3MF	Hormazábal, EnriqueEnrique Hormazábal	(1931-01-06)6 January 1931 (aged 25)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Colo Colo
4FW	Espinoza, SergioSergio Espinoza		File:Flag of Chile.svg Audax Italiano
4FW	Fernández, JoséJosé Fernández		File:Flag of Chile.svg Palestino
4FW	Meléndez, RenéRené Meléndez	(1928-12-29)29 December 1928 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Everton
4FW	Muñoz, ManuelManuel Muñoz	(1928-04-28)28 April 1928 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Colo Colo
4FW	Ramírez, JaimeJaime Ramírez	(1931-08-14)14 August 1931 (aged 24)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Colo Colo
4FW	Sánchez, LeonelLeonel Sánchez	(1936-04-25)25 April 1936 (aged 19)	File:Flag of Chile.svg Universidad de Chile

Paraguay

Head Coach: File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Julio Ramírez [pl]

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

Peru

Head Coach: Arturo Fernández

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

Uruguay

Head Coach: File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Hugo Bagnulo

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

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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