Domingo Tejera

Domingo Tejera ( born July 27, 1899 in Montevideo, † June 30, 1969 ) was a Uruguayan football player.

Club career

Already in his debut year - he already belonged to the age of 18 for first team - celebrated with 1.89 unusually large defensive player with the Bohemios called Wanderers, having won the championship of the Segunda División his personal promotion to the top Uruguayan league, where he soon first in the team debuted. In 1922 he was declared with his team Uruguayan runner-up, as part of the ON Nacional prematurely to the Master. In the next few seasons in organized by the Federación Uruguaya de Football Campeonato Uruguayo Federación de la Uruguaya de Football antretend, Tejera was there with his teammates in 1923 and 1924 champion runner-up. At this time, the complete and especially convincing with his physique players Tejera was also captain of the Wanderers. 1924 is also the income of the Copa Río de la Plata for him to book. In 1931, he secured the Wanderers the Uruguayan championship. After the following season he finished, still as captain, his career at the club, where he remained faithful in the course of his entire career.

National

For the first time in the Campeonato Sudamericano 1920 Chilean Viña del Mar to successful because title winning squad of the Uruguayan national football team belonging, he was called again and again in the national squad in the two following years, and was part of the 1922 successful in the Copa Lipton selection. Between 1923 and 1925 he was a member of the Uruguayan uninterrupted selection of FUF. After reunification of the associations he took in 1926 again at the Campeonato Sudamericano part that also this time Uruguay won. The following year he was the undisputed master player of 1927 Celeste in the Campeonato Sudamericano. Winning the gold medal with the Uruguayan selection at the Summer Olympic Games in 1928 was able to secure (without own use ) and participation in the Football World Cup 1930, in Uruguay in the initial staging of this event the world title, were further blocks of his great career. In the course of the World Cup but was used only once in the preliminary round match against Peru, in which he a serious injury to his left knee drew upon by a kick Lavalles whose consequences ultimately, forced him two years later to the End of career. In 1928, he won with the Celeste also another Copa Lipton, two years later the Copa Newton.

Tejera completed a total of 20 matches during the period September 23, 1922 to 15 May 1932 in which he does not hit the opponent's goal. The website of the Wanderers, however, mentioned 30 international appearances, where presumably the FUF - inserts were taken into account.

Achievements

• World Champion (1930 )
• Olympic gold medalist (1928 )
• South American champions (1920 and 1926)
• Copa Lipton (1922 and 1928)
• Copa Newton ( 1930)
• Uruguayan champion ( 1923 ( FUF ) and 1931 )
• Copa Río de la Plata ( 1924)