VÃctor RodrÃguez Andrade
Víctor Pablo Rodríguez Andrade ( born 2 May 1927 in Montevideo, Uruguay, † May 19, 1985 ) was a Uruguayan football player.
Club career
Born in Barrio Sur Montevideo nephew of the world champion of 1930, José Leandro Andrade, first played for Central, which is still known as the Central Fútbol Club at that time. In 1952 he then moved to Peñarol, where, after his sudden career end Washington Ortuño, his replacement at the World Cup 1950, replaced. With the Aurinegros he was twice Uruguayan national champion (1953 and 1954).
National
Andrade graduated from his debut on December 2, 1947 until his last mission for Celeste on June 5, 1957 42 caps for the national Celeste called his home country. A scoring was not granted to him. He participated in the World Championships in 1950 and 1954. He celebrated the biggest success of his career by winning the world title in 1950. He also was a member of the Uruguayan team that left the tournament at the South American Championship in 1956 as the winner. Previously, he had been taking part in the Copa América in 1947 and 1953 to add to its success statistics.
After the career
After Andrade had ended his career as an athlete, he settled in Montevideo and worked for 20 years as a janitor in the Legislative Palace. A month after his death on May 19, 1985 honored him with the Senator Luis Hierro Gambardella during a parliamentary session a speech. In December 2005, a postage stamp of the Uruguayan post appeared on the 100th anniversary of his first clubs Central FC, later Central Español, where he is pictured with his former team-mate Luis Rijo and his former coach Juan López Fontana. In March 2007, a road that Pasaje Víctor Rodríguez Andrade was named in montevideanischen Barrio Sur to his honor Andrades.