1956 South American Championship squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1956 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.^[1]^[2]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
4FW	Ricardo Bonelli	(1932-10-28)28 October 1932 (aged 23)	5	1	Independiente
3MF	Carlos Cecconato	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 25)	9	1	Independiente
2DF	Juan Carlos Colman	(1922-12-15)15 December 1922 (aged 33)	9	0	Boca Juniors
4FW	Ernesto Cucchiaroni	(1927-11-16)16 November 1927 (aged 28)	2	0	Boca Juniors
2DF	Pedro Dellacha	(1926-07-09)9 July 1926 (aged 29)	9	0	Racing Club
2DF	José García Pérez	(1921-12-03)3 December 1921 (aged 34)	6	0	Racing Club
4FW	Ernesto Grillo	(1929-10-01)1 October 1929 (aged 26)	10	6	Independiente
3MF	Ernesto Gutiérrez	(1927-11-09)9 November 1927 (aged 28)	15	0	Racing Club
4FW	Ángel Labruna	(1918-09-28)28 September 1918 (aged 37)	22	14	River Plate
4FW	Francisco Lojacono	(1935-12-11)11 December 1935 (aged 20)	0	0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
3MF	Juan Francisco Lombardo	(1925-06-11)11 June 1925 (aged 30)	12	0	Boca Juniors
4FW	Rodolfo Micheli	(1930-04-24)24 April 1930 (aged 25)	9	10	Independiente
3MF	Eliseo Mouriño	(1927-06-03)3 June 1927 (aged 28)	10	0	Boca Juniors
1GK	Julio Musimessi	(1924-07-09)9 July 1924 (aged 31)	10	0	Boca Juniors
3MF	Luis Pentrelli	(1932-06-15)15 June 1932 (aged 23)	0	0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
4FW	Omar Sívori	(1935-10-02)2 October 1935 (aged 20)	0	0	River Plate
2DF	Federico Vairo	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 25)	4	0	River Plate
3MF	José Varacka	(1932-05-27)27 May 1932 (aged 23)	0	0	Independiente
4FW	Roberto Zárate	(1932-12-15)15 December 1932 (aged 23)	0	0	River Plate

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2DF	Alfredo Ramos	(1924-10-27)27 October 1924 (aged 31)	0	0	São Paulo
4FW	Álvaro	(1931-09-24)24 September 1931 (aged 24)	1	1	Santos
4FW	Baltazar	(1926-01-14)14 January 1926 (aged 30)	24	15	Corinthians
4FW	Canhoteiro	(1932-09-24)24 September 1932 (aged 23)	1	1	São Paulo
1GK	Cabeção	(1930-08-23)23 August 1930 (aged 25)	0	0	Portuguesa
2DF	Nílton de Sordi	(1931-02-14)14 February 1931 (aged 24)	1	0	São Paulo
4FW	Emanuele Del Vecchio	(1934-09-24)24 September 1934 (aged 21)	0	0	Santos
2DF	Djalma Santos	(1929-02-23)23 February 1929 (aged 26)	19	1	Portuguesa
3MF	Formiga	(1930-11-11)11 November 1930 (aged 25)	2	0	Santos
1GK	Gilmar	(1930-08-22)22 August 1930 (aged 25)	3	0	Corinthians
4FW	Jair	(1921-03-21)21 March 1921 (aged 34)	37	22	Palmeiras
3MF	Julião	(1929-04-11)11 April 1929 (aged 26)	0	0	Corinthians
4FW	Luizinho	(1930-03-07)7 March 1930 (aged 25)	2	0	Corinthians
4FW	Maurinho	(1933-06-06)6 June 1933 (aged 22)	4	3	São Paulo
2DF	Mauro Ramos	(1930-08-30)30 August 1930 (aged 25)	7	0	São Paulo
4FW	Nestor	(1926-06-23)23 June 1926 (aged 29)	0	0	XV de Jaú
2DF	Olavo	(1927-11-09)9 November 1927 (aged 28)	1	0	Corinthians
1GK	Paulo Martorano	(1933-05-03)3 May 1933 (aged 22)	0	0	Guarani
3MF	Roberto Belangero	(1928-06-28)28 June 1928 (aged 27)	1	0	Corinthians
4FW	Tite	(1930-06-04)4 June 1930 (aged 25)	0	0	Santos
4FW	Zezinho	(1930-06-02)2 June 1930 (aged 25)	0	0	São Paulo
3MF	Zito	(1932-08-08)8 August 1932 (aged 23)	1	0	Santos

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2DF	Rodolfo Almeyda	(1923-07-05)5 July 1923 (aged 32)	11	0	Palestino
2DF	Manuel Álvarez	(1928-05-23)23 May 1928 (aged 27)	32	0	Universidad Católica
2DF	Isaac Carrasco	(1928-08-12)12 August 1928 (aged 27)	13	0	Colo Colo
3MF	Ramiro Cortés	(1931-04-27)27 April 1931 (aged 24)	27	0	Audax Italiano
2DF	Carlos Cubillos	(1929-12-25)25 December 1929 (aged 26)	3	0	Unión Española
1GK	Misael Escuti	(1928-12-20)20 December 1928 (aged 27)	8	0	Colo Colo
1GK	Carlos Espinoza	(1928-04-21)21 April 1928 (aged 27)	0	0	Everton
4FW	Sergio Espinoza	(1928-12-25)25 December 1928 (aged 27)	3	0	Audax Italiano
4FW	José Fernández	(1928-02-23)23 February 1928 (aged 27)	6	0	Palestino
2DF	Sergio Goity	(1930-02-21)21 February 1930 (aged 25)	0	0	Palestino
3MF	Enrique Hormazábal	(1931-01-06)6 January 1931 (aged 25)	30	10	Colo Colo
4FW	René Meléndez	(1928-12-29)29 December 1928 (aged 27)	23	9	Everton
4FW	Manuel Muñoz	(1928-04-28)28 April 1928 (aged 27)	18	7	Colo Colo
1GK	Francisco Nitsche	(1930-11-04)4 November 1930 (aged 25)	0	0	Unión Española
4FW	Jaime Ramírez	(1931-08-14)14 August 1931 (aged 24)	8	2	Colo Colo
4FW	Leonel Sánchez	(1936-04-25)25 April 1936 (aged 19)	2	0	Universidad de Chile

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2DF	Edelmiro Arévalo	(1929-01-07)7 January 1929 (aged 27)	0	0	Olimpia
—	1GK	Manuel Benítez		0	0	Olimpia
—	2DF	Higinio Benítez Casco		0	0	Libertad
—	1GK	Asunción Caballero	(1932-05-05)5 May 1932 (aged 23)	0	0	Presidente Hayes
—	3MF	Joel Cabrera	(1933-04-20)20 April 1933 (aged 22)	0	0	Cerro Porteño
—	4FW	Juan Cañete	(1929-07-27)27 July 1929 (aged 26)	5	0	Presidente Hayes
—	3MF	Eligio Echagüe	(1931-12-31)31 December 1931 (aged 24)	3	0	Olimpia
—	4FW	Antonio Ramón Gómez [pl]	(1928-05-04)4 May 1928 (aged 27)	7	0	Libertad
—	4FW	Hermes González	(1935-04-06)6 April 1935 (aged 20)	4	0	Libertad
—	3MF	Ireneo Hermosilla	(1928-01-31)31 January 1928 (aged 29)	7	0	Libertad
—	4FW	Enrique Jara Saguier	(1934-07-12)12 July 1934 (aged 21)	0	0	Cerro Porteño
—	4FW	Manuel Lugo		0	0	Sportivo Luqueño
—	3MF	Victoriano Leguizamón	(1922-03-23)23 March 1922 (aged 33)	9	0	Olimpia
—	2DF	Robustiano Maciel	(1930-05-24)24 May 1930 (aged 25)	12	0	Sol de América
—	4FW	Hilarión Osorio	(1928-10-21)21 October 1928 (aged 27)	0	0	Sportivo Luqueño
—	2DF	Albino Ricardo		0	0	Cerro Porteño
—	4FW	Máximo Rolón	(1934-11-18)18 November 1934 (aged 21)	5	5	Libertad
—	4FW	Juan Ángel Romero	(1934-12-27)27 December 1934 (aged 21)	12	1	Nacional
—	4FW	Ruperto Torres		0	0	Olimpia
—	3MF	Alfredo Vega	(1935-02-02)2 February 1935 (aged 20)	0	0	Libertad
—	3MF	Salvador Villalba	(1924-08-29)29 August 1924 (aged 31)	5	1	Libertad

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
2DF	Isaac Andrade [es]	(1937-07-13)13 July 1937 (aged 18)	Sport Boys
4FW	Guillermo Barbadillo [es]	(1925-01-09)9 January 1925 (aged 31)	Alianza Lima
3MF	Luis Calderón	(1929-06-17)17 June 1929 (aged 26)	Sport Boys
4FW	Félix Castillo	(1928-02-21)21 February 1928 (aged 27)	Alianza Lima
4FW	Roberto Castillo [es]	(1930-04-29)29 April 1930 (aged 25)	Alianza Lima
3MF	Germán Colunga [es]	(1922-05-28)28 May 1922 (aged 33)	Deportivo Municipal
2DF	Guillermo Delgado	(1931-02-11)11 February 1931 (aged 24)	Alianza Lima
3MF	Roberto Drago [es]	(1923-07-28)28 July 1923 (aged 32)	Deportivo Municipal
4FW	Óscar Gómez Sánchez	(1935-10-31)31 October 1935 (aged 20)	Alianza Lima
2DF	René Gutiérrez [es]		Universitario de Deportes
3MF	Cornelio Heredia [es]	(1920-10-16)16 October 1920 (aged 35)	Alianza Lima
3MF	Carlos Lazón [es]	(1929-10-05)5 October 1929 (aged 26)	Alianza Lima
3MF	Alberto Loret de Mola [fr]	(1928-01-13)13 January 1928 (aged 28)	Universitario de Deportes
4FW	Máximo Mosquera	(1928-01-08)8 January 1928 (aged 28)	Sporting Cristal
2DF	Víctor Salas [es]	(1935-03-29)29 March 1935 (aged 20)	Universitario de Deportes
4FW	Juan Seminario	(1936-07-22)22 July 1936 (aged 19)	Deportivo Municipal
3MF	Alberto Terry	(1929-05-16)16 May 1929 (aged 26)	Universitario de Deportes
4FW	Jacinto Villalba [es]	(1924-02-08)8 February 1924 (aged 31)	Universitario de Deportes
1GK	Dimas Zegarra [es]	(1932-12-19)19 December 1932 (aged 23)	Universitario de Deportes

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