1949 South American Championship squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1949 South American Championship. The participating countries were Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Argentina withdrew from the tournament. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.^[1][2]

Bolivia

Head Coach: Félix Deheza [fr]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2DF	Alberto Achá	(1920-04-03)3 April 1920 (aged 29)	16	0	The Strongest
—	4FW	Víctor Celestino Algarañaz	(1926-04-06)6 April 1926 (aged 22)	0	0	Club Litoral
—	3MF	Carlos Arias		0	0	Club Bolívar
—	1GK	Vicente Arraya	(1922-01-25)25 January 1922 (aged 27)	16	0	The Strongest
—	2DF	José Bustamante	(1921-03-05)5 March 1921 (aged 28)	11	0	Club Litoral
—	3MF	René Cabrera	(1925-10-21)21 October 1925 (aged 23)	0	0	Jorge Wilstermann
—	2DF	Armando Delgadillo		0	0
—	3MF	Leonardo Ferrel	(1923-07-07)7 July 1923 (aged 25)	4	0	The Strongest
—	4FW	Benedicto Godoy	(1924-07-28)28 July 1924 (aged 24)	0	0	Club Ferroviario [it]
—	4FW	Benigno Gutiérrez	(1925-09-01)1 September 1925 (aged 23)	5	2	Club Litoral
—	1GK	Eduardo Gutiérrez	(1925-01-17)17 January 1925 (aged 24)	4	0	CD Ingavi
—	4FW	Benjamin Maldonado	(1928-01-04)4 January 1928 (aged 21)	3	0	Club San José
—	4FW	Mario Mena	(1928-07-28)28 July 1928 (aged 20)	0	0	Club Bolívar
—	3MF	Humberto Montaño		0	0	Club Bolívar
—	4FW	Nemesio Rojas		0	0
—	4FW	Armando Tapia	(1922-01-22)22 January 1922 (aged 27)	13	1	Club Ferroviario [it]
—	4FW	Víctor Ugarte	(1926-05-05)5 May 1926 (aged 22)	6	0	Club Bolívar
—	3MF	Antonio Valencia	(1925-05-10)10 May 1925 (aged 23)	0	0	Club Litoral

Brazil

Head Coach: Flavio Costa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4FW	Ademir	(1922-11-08)8 November 1922 (aged 26)	17	8	Vasco da Gama
—	2DF	Augusto	(1920-10-22)22 October 1920 (aged 28)	4	0	Vasco da Gama
—	1GK	Barbosa	(1921-03-27)27 March 1921 (aged 28)	2	0	Vasco da Gama
—	3MF	José Carlos Bauer	(1925-11-21)21 November 1925 (aged 23)	0	0	São Paulo
—	2DF	Bigode	(1922-04-04)4 April 1922 (aged 26)	0	0	Fluminense
—	4FW	Canhotinho	(1924-07-15)15 July 1924 (aged 24)	2	1	Palmeiras
—	4FW	Cláudio Pinho	(1922-07-18)18 July 1922 (aged 26)	6	1	Corinthians
—	3MF	Danilo	(1920-12-03)3 December 1920 (aged 28)	7	1	Vasco da Gama
—	3MF	Ely	(1921-05-14)14 May 1921 (aged 27)	0	0	Vasco da Gama
—	3MF	Jair	(1921-03-21)21 March 1921 (aged 28)	22	11	Flamengo
—	2DF	Mauro Ramos	(1930-08-30)30 August 1930 (aged 18)	0	0	São Paulo
—	4FW	Nininho	(1923-11-06)6 November 1923 (aged 25)	0	0	Portuguesa
—	2DF	Noronha	(1918-11-25)25 November 1918 (aged 30)	6	0	São Paulo
—	3MF	Octávio Moraes	(1923-07-09)9 July 1923 (aged 25)	0	0	Botafogo
—	4FW	Orlando	(1923-12-04)4 December 1923 (aged 25)	0	0	Fluminense
—	1GK	Oswaldo Baliza	(1923-10-09)9 October 1923 (aged 25)	0	0	Botafogo
—	2DF	Rui Campos	(1922-02-02)2 February 1922 (aged 27)	21	2	São Paulo
—	2DF	Nílton Santos	(1925-05-16)16 May 1925 (aged 23)	0	0	Botafogo
—	4FW	Simão	(1928-03-16)16 March 1928 (aged 21)	0	0	Portuguesa
—	4FW	Tesourinha	(1921-12-03)3 December 1921 (aged 27)	15	3	Internacional
—	2DF	Wilson	(1927-12-21)21 December 1927 (aged 21)	0	0	Vasco da Gama
—	3MF	Zizinho	(1921-09-14)14 September 1921 (aged 27)	21	12	Flamengo

Chile

Head Coach: Luis Tirado

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2DF	Manuel Álvarez	(1928-05-23)23 May 1928 (aged 20)	2	0	Universidad Católica
—	2DF	Miguel Busquets	(1920-10-15)15 October 1920 (aged 28)	10	1	Universidad de Chile
—	4FW	Mario Castro	(1923-09-23)23 September 1923 (aged 25)	6	0	Colo Colo
—	4FW	Atilio Cremaschi	(1923-03-08)8 March 1923 (aged 26)	6	3	Unión Española
—	2DF	Miguel Flores	(1920-10-11)11 October 1920 (aged 28)	0	0	Magallanes
—	4FW	Francisco Hormazábal	(1920-07-04)4 July 1920 (aged 28)	4	1	Green Cross
—	4FW	Raimundo Infante	(1928-02-02)2 February 1928 (aged 21)	5	1	Universidad Católica
—	1GK	Sergio Livingstone	(1920-03-26)26 March 1920 (aged 29)	21	0	Universidad Católica
—	4FW	Luis López	(1924-01-01)1 January 1924 (aged 25)	0	0	Magallanes
—	4FW	Pedro Hugo López	(1927-10-25)25 October 1927 (aged 21)	7	3	Universidad de Chile
—	2DF	Manuel Machuca	(1924-05-31)31 May 1924 (aged 24)	7	0	Colo Colo
—	3MF	Gilberto Muñoz	(1923-01-23)23 January 1923 (aged 26)	0	0	Colo Colo
—	2DF	Juan Negri	(1925-01-05)5 January 1925 (aged 24)	6	0	Universidad de Chile
—	4FW	Andrés Prieto	(1928-12-19)19 December 1928 (aged 20)	4	1	Universidad Católica
—	2DF	Ulises Ramos	(1919-11-04)4 November 1919 (aged 29)	0	0	Universidad de Chile
—	4FW	Fernando Riera	(1920-06-27)27 June 1920 (aged 28)	10	2	Universidad Católica
—	3MF	Carlos Rojas	(1928-10-02)2 October 1928 (aged 20)	0	0	Unión Española
—	4FW	Manuel Salamanca	(1927-07-29)29 July 1927 (aged 21)	0	0	Magallanes
—	2DF	Francisco Urroz	(1920-12-14)14 December 1920 (aged 28)	5	0	Colo Colo
—	4FW	Carlos Varela	(1918-01-02)2 January 1918 (aged 31)	6	1	Audax Italiano

Colombia

Head Coach: Friedrich Donnenfeld

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4FW	Luis Apolinario		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Fulgencio Berdugo	(1918-06-14)14 June 1918 (aged 30)	6	2	Junior
—	4FW	Octavio Carrillo		3	0	Junior
—	3MF	Luz Gastelbondo		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Lancáster de León		3	0	Junior
—	4FW	Rigoberto García		5	0	Junior
—	4FW	Luis González Rubio		10	2	Junior
—	3MF	Casimiro Guerra		0	0	Junior
—	3MF	Emiliano Gutiérrez		0	0	Junior
—	2DF	Mario Marriaga		0	0	Junior
—	2DF	Gabriel Mejía		11	0	Junior
—	3MF	Guillermo Muñoz		0	0	Junior
—	1GK	Dagoberto Ojeda		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Alfonso Pedraza		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Alfredo Pérez		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Nelson Pérez		0	0	Junior
—	2DF	Humberto Picalúa		10	0	Junior
—	4FW	Octavio Ruiz		4	0	Junior
—	1GK	Efraín Sánchez	(1926-02-26)26 February 1926 (aged 23)	7	0	San Lorenzo
—	4FW	Arturo Ucrós		0	0	Junior

Ecuador

Head Coach: José Planas

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2DF	Bolívar Andrade		0	0	Barcelona SC
—	4FW	Guido Andrade	(1926-07-08)8 July 1926 (aged 22)	0	0	Barcelona SC
—	4FW	Víctor Arteaga	(1921-04-30)30 April 1921 (aged 27)	0	0	Norte América
—	2DF	Marcos Bermeo		0	0	Aucas
—	4FW	Enrique Cantos [es]	(1925-01-18)18 January 1925 (aged 24)	3	0	Barcelona SC
—	3MF	Jorge Cantos	(1924-05-17)17 May 1924 (aged 24)	0	0	Barcelona SC
—	1GK	Luis Alfredo Carrillo	(1920-11-03)3 November 1920 (aged 28)	2	0	Macará
—	4FW	Sigifredo Chuchuca [es]	(1925-03-16)16 March 1925 (aged 24)	0	0	Barcelona SC
—	4FW	César Garnica	(1919-11-22)22 November 1919 (aged 29)	5	1	Aucas
—	4FW	José María Jiménez	(1921-07-22)22 July 1921 (aged 27)	13	4	Emelec
—	2DF	Mario Lovato	(1927-06-21)21 June 1927 (aged 21)	0	0	Aucas
—	4FW	Rafael Maldonado		0	0	Deportivo Quito
—	3MF	Heráclides Marín		5	0	Barcelona SC
—	4FW	Gonzalo Pozo [es]	(1925-05-27)27 May 1925 (aged 23)	6	0	Aucas
—	3MF	Ricardo Riveros		5	0	Emelec
—	3MF	Hernán Salgado		0	0	LDU Quito
—	2DF	Carlos Sánchez	(1922-07-15)15 July 1922 (aged 26)	2	0	Barcelona SC
—	4FW	Marcos Spencer [es]	(1927-10-04)4 October 1927 (aged 21)	0	0	Panamá
—	1GK	Félix Torres	(1922-05-02)2 May 1922 (aged 26)	0	0	Barcelona SC
—	3MF	Luis Torres		0	0	Aucas
—	4FW	José Vargas [es]	(1924-12-19)19 December 1924 (aged 24)	1	0	Barcelona SC
—	3MF	Luis Vásquez		0	0	LDU Quito

Paraguay

Head Coach: Manuel Fleitas Solich

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4FW	Dionisio Arce	(1927-06-14)14 June 1927 (aged 21)	0	0	Sportivo Luqueño
—	4FW	Enrique Avalos	1922 (aged 27) (1922)	4	1	Cerro Porteño
—	4FW	Marcial Barrios	(1919-06-26)26 June 1919 (aged 29)	9	5	Olimpia
—	4FW	Jorge Duilio Benítez	(1927-04-23)23 April 1927 (aged 21)	0	0	Club Nacional
—	2DF	Antonio Cabrera		0	0	Libertad
—	3MF	Francisco Calonga		4	0	Olimpia
—	3MF	Castor Cantero	(1918-01-12)12 January 1918 (aged 31)	9	0	Olimpia
—	2DF	Casiano Céspedes	(1923-11-30)30 November 1923 (aged 25)	7	0	Olimpia
—	4FW	Pedro Fernández		5	0	Cerro Porteño
—	1GK	Sinforiano García	(1924-08-22)22 August 1924 (aged 24)	7	0	Cerro Porteño
—	3MF	Manuel Gavilán	(1920-11-30)30 November 1920 (aged 28)	7	0	Libertad
—	2DF	Alberto González	1922 (aged 27) (1922)	0	0	Olimpia
—	3MF	Armando González	1924 (aged 25) (1924)	0	0	Guaraní
—	4FW	César López Fretes	(1923-03-21)21 March 1923 (aged 26)	4	0	Olimpia
—	1GK	Dionisio Maciel		0	0	Olimpia
—	3MF	Pedro Nardelli	(1926-11-28)28 November 1926 (aged 22)	0	0	Sportivo Luqueño
—	3MF	Rogelio Negri		0	0	Cerro Porteño
—	4FW	Sixto Noceda		0	0	Presidente Hayes
—	4FW	Santiago Rivas		7	0	Cerro Porteño
—	3MF	Estanislao Romero		0	0	Sporting Barranquilla [es]
—	3MF	César Santomé		0	0	Club Nacional
—	4FW	Félix Vázquez		0	0	Guaraní

Peru

Head Coach: Arturo Fernández

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2DF	Gerardo Arce [es]	(1917-09-22)22 September 1917 (aged 31)	3	0	Alianza Lima
—	3MF	Luis Calderón	(1929-06-17)17 June 1929 (aged 19)	0	0	Sport Boys
—	4FW	Félix Castillo	(1928-02-21)21 February 1928 (aged 21)	5	1	Alianza Lima
—	3MF	Germán Colunga [es]	(1922-05-28)28 May 1922 (aged 26)	0	0	Deportivo Municipal
—	2DF	Andrés da Silva [es]	(1921-03-21)21 March 1921 (aged 28)	3	0	Universitario de Deportes
—	4FW	Manuel Drago [es]	(1924-11-14)14 November 1924 (aged 24)	0	0	Sport Boys
—	3MF	Roberto Drago [es]	(1923-07-28)28 July 1923 (aged 25)	0	0	Deportivo Municipal
—	2DF	Félix Fuentes	(1922-04-25)25 April 1922 (aged 26)	0	0	Alianza Lima
—	4FW	Carlos Gómez Sánchez [es]	(1923-10-04)4 October 1923 (aged 25)	6	3	Boca Juniors
—	4FW	Alejandro González [es]	(1915-03-17)17 March 1915 (aged 34)	7	0	Alianza Lima
—	3MF	Cornelio Heredia [es]	(1920-10-16)16 October 1920 (aged 28)	6	0	Alianza Lima
—	3MF	Dagoberto Lavalle [es]	(1925-03-25)25 March 1925 (aged 24)	0	0	Sport Boys
—	4FW	Leonidas Mendoza [es]	(1925-04-01)1 April 1925 (aged 24)	0	0	Sporting Tabaco
—	4FW	Ernesto Morales [es]	(1925-05-17)17 May 1925 (aged 23)	1	0	Atlético Chalaco
—	4FW	Alfredo Mosquera [es]	(1928-02-15)15 February 1928 (aged 21)	0	0	Sporting Tabaco
—	1GK	Walter Ormeño	(1926-12-03)3 December 1926 (aged 22)	0	0	Universitario de Deportes
—	3MF	Lorenzo Pacheco [es]	(1919-08-10)10 August 1919 (aged 29)	5	0	Sport Boys
—	4FW	Víctor Pedraza		0	0	Alianza Lima
—	4FW	Juan Emilio Salinas [es]	(1925-07-12)12 July 1925 (aged 23)	0	0	Alianza Lima
—	4FW	Pedro Valdivieso [es]	(1922-10-19)19 October 1922 (aged 26)	0	0	Sport Boys

Uruguay

Head Coach: Oscar Marcenaro

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	1GK	Raúl Arizábalo [pl]		0	0	Defensor Sporting
—	2DF	Alberto Avilés		0	0	Central Español
—	4FW	Juan Ayala		0	0	Peñarol
—	4FW	Ernesto Betancour		0	0	Peñarol
—	4FW	Ramón Castro	(1921-02-20)20 February 1921 (aged 28)	3	0	Defensor Sporting
—	2DF	Roberto Gadea [pl]		0	0	Miramar Misiones
—	4FW	José María García [pl]		0	0	Montevideo Wanderers
—	3MF	Roberto García		0	0	Montevideo Wanderers
—	3MF	Simón García [pl]		0	0	Montevideo Wanderers
—	2DF	Matías González	(1925-08-06)6 August 1925 (aged 23)	0	0	Cerro
—	1GK	Jorge La Paz [pl]		0	0	Peñarol
—	4FW	Miguel Martínez		0	0	Peñarol
—	3MF	Dagoberto Moll	(1927-07-22)22 July 1927 (aged 21)	0	0	Miramar Misiones
—	4FW	Nelson Moreno [pl]		0	0	Peñarol
—	2DF	Dionisio Sosa		0	0	River Plate
—	4FW	Esteban Suárez [pl]		0	0	Bella Vista
—	3MF	Julio César Villarreal		0	0	Liverpool