Santos Urdinarán

Urdinarán Santos ( born March 30, 1900 in Montevideo, † July 14, 1979 ) was a Uruguayan football player at the position of right winger and one of the most successful South American footballer of the early 20th century. His brother Antonio Urdinarán (* 1898, † 1961) was a famous footballer.

Association

Santos Urdinarán played during his entire active career with Club Nacional de Football and completed for this 1919-1933 in 14 years 318 Official matches in the league. Here he succeeded in 124 goals. With the team he was in the years 1919, 1920, 1922, celebrate 1923 and 1924 a total of five national championships.

National

However, he became particularly famous whether his title wins with the national team, in which he made ​​his debut on September 30, 1923. In the same year he was in the squad for the Copa America. Although he did not play in this tournament, which was won by Uruguay, he was as a substitute but also part of the winning team. The Uruguayan national football team managed to defend their title the following year and 1926 repeat - Urdinarán looked at these requirements in seven games. In Paris in 1924 and in Amsterdam in 1928, the team played each to Olympic victory and thus manifested its position as the world's dominant team of that time. Again Urdinarán participated in seven games. 1930, was in Uruguay, the first football World Cup, which was won by the host also. Santos Urdinarán played in this tournament a game. Overall, the Uruguayan between his debut and the last use for Celeste took effect on 15 May 1932 at 22 times the national team. He managed to celebrate six victories at the three major football tournaments in seven years. In addition, he succeeded in 1924 a triple by winning the Championship, the second win in the Copa America and the Olympic gold medal.

Achievements

National

• Uruguayan champion: 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924

Internationally

• Olympic champion: 1924, 1928
• World Champion: 1930
• Copa América: 1923, 1924, 1926