Enrique Ballestrero
Led Enrique " Pulpo " Ballestrero, also known as Enrique Ballesteros and nicknamed " Quique ", ( born January 18, 1905 in Colonia, Uruguay, † 11 October 1969 in Montevideo, Uruguay ) was a Uruguayan football goalkeeper.
Association
The 183 centimeters and 83 kilograms Goalkeeper lived and worked in the Barrio Cerro as a tractor driver in the local frozen meat factory ( Frigorífico ) Swift. He first played for the team Solferino, Dublin (1921) and Misiones (1922 ). From 1924 to 1934 he was then eleven rounds in rows of Rampla Juniors. In his time with the Rojiverdes he formed in 1928 together with Aguirre and Pedro Arispe one of the most outstanding defensive formations in the history of Uruguayan football. In 1927, he was already with his teammates Uruguayan master, in the years 1928 and 1932 celebrated his club in each case the Vice - country championship. In 1929 he also went with the Rampla Juniors extensive European tour, in which his club celebrated major victories against Ajax Amsterdam and Olympique Marseille. From 1935 to 1937 he was active for Peñarol. With the Aurinegros he won three national championship titles in the years 1935 until 1937. In the entire club membership to Peñarol, he remained in the Clásicos mentioned games against arch-rivals Nacional without defeat. Also for the Aurinegros he stood again in 1936 during a night tournament in Argentina with his two major combatants Aguirre and Arispe - for the last time in the career - on the field, though those two were actually the Rampla Juniors belonging. At this reunion, it came as a result of lending between the two clubs for just about that encounter. His career ended Ballesteros finally in 1939.
National
Ballestrero was a member of the Uruguayan national football team. Overall, he graduated in the period from 25 May 1930 to January 23, 1937 19 caps for Uruguay. In the Football World Cup 1930, he belonged to the title winning squad as well as to the Campeonato Sudamericano 1935, which ended the Celeste as South American champions. Two years later, he took part with his home country and the Campeonato Sudamericano 1937.
Achievements
- World Cup 1930
- South American champions in 1935
- 4x Uruguayan champion (1927, 1935, 1936, 1937)