Roberto Figueroa
Appearance
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Full name | Roberto Figueroa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 March 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 January 1989 | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1921–1927 | Rampla Juniors | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1928–1933 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1921–1933 | Uruguay | 9 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Roberto Figueroa (20 March 1904 – 24 January 1989) was a Uruguayan footballer who played for the Uruguay national team. He was a member of the squad which won the gold medal in 1928 Olympics.[1]
Career
[edit]Born in Montevideo, Figueroa played club football for Montevideo Wanderers, where he won two league titles while scoring 75 goals in 331 matches. He was inducted into the club's hall of fame in 2009.[2]
Figueroa made nine appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1921 to 1933.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Roberto Figueroa". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Paredes, Dr. Manuel (19 October 2009). "Salón de la fama Nº 04: Roberto Figueroa" (in Spanish). MWFC.com.uy. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013.
- ^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando (25 April 2013). "Uruguay - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Roberto Figueroa at Wikimedia Commons
- Roberto Figueroa at databaseOlympics.com
- Roberto Figueroa at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1989 deaths
- Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Uruguay
- Olympic gold medalists for Uruguay
- Uruguay men's international footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Men's association football midfielders
- Rampla Juniors players
- South American Olympic medalist stubs
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