1957 South American Championship squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1957 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. Bolivia and Paraguay 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]

Argentina[]

Head Coach: Guillermo Stábile

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Antonio Roma	(1932-07-13)13 July 1932 (aged 24)	Ferro Carril Oeste
1GK	Rogelio Antonio Domínguez	(1931-03-09)9 March 1931 (aged 25)	Racing Club
2DF	Néstor Raul Rossi	(1925-05-10)10 May 1925 (aged 31)	River Plate
2DF	Pedro Rodolfo Dellacha	(1926-07-09)9 July 1926 (aged 30)	Racing Club
2DF	Juan Giménez	(1927-02-16)16 February 1927 (aged 30)	Racing Club
2DF	Federico Vairo	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 27)	River Plate
2DF	Ángel Schandlein	(1930-08-12)12 August 1930 (aged 26)	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
3MF	Jorge Benegas	(1923-04-10)10 April 1923 (aged 33)	San Lorenzo
3MF	Juan Hector Guidi	(1930-07-04)4 July 1930 (aged 26)	Lanús
3MF	Osvaldo Hector Cruz	(1931-05-29)29 May 1931 (aged 25)	Independiente
3MF	Héctor De Bourgoing	(1934-07-23)23 July 1934 (aged 22)	River Plate
3MF	David Iñigo	(1934-06-16)16 June 1934 (aged 22)	San Lorenzo
3MF	Oscar Mantegari	(1928-10-20)20 October 1928 (aged 28)	River Plate
3MF	Federico Pizarro	(1927-01-01)1 January 1927 (aged 30)	San Lorenzo de Almagro
4FW	Humberto Maschio	(1937-02-20)20 February 1937 (aged 20)	Racing Club
4FW	José Sanfilippo	(1935-05-04)4 May 1935 (aged 21)	San Lorenzo
4FW		(1938-01-01)1 January 1938 (aged 19)	Chacarita Juniors
4FW	Juan Alberto Castro	(1933-07-13)13 July 1933 (aged 23)	Rosario Central
4FW	Omar Oreste Corbatta	(1936-03-11)11 March 1936 (aged 20)	Racing Club
4FW	Miguel Juárez	(1931-09-29)29 September 1931 (aged 25)	Rosario Central
4FW	Enrique Omar Sívori	(1935-10-02)2 October 1935 (aged 21)	River Plate
4FW	Antonio Valentin Angelillo	(1937-09-05)5 September 1937 (aged 19)	Boca Juniors

Brazil[]

Head Coach: Osvaldo Brandão

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Gilmar	(1930-08-22)22 August 1930 (aged 26)	Corinthians
1GK		(1932-08-26)26 August 1932 (aged 24)	América (MG)
1GK	Carlos Castilho	(1927-11-27)27 November 1927 (aged 29)	Fluminense
2DF	Nílton Santos	(1925-05-16)16 May 1925 (aged 31)	Botafogo
2DF	Olavo	(1927-11-09)9 November 1927 (aged 29)	Corinthians
2DF	Oreco	(1932-06-13)13 June 1932 (aged 24)	Corinthians
2DF	Paulinho	(1932-04-15)15 April 1932 (aged 24)	Vasco da Gama
2DF	Djalma Santos	(1929-02-23)23 February 1929 (aged 28)	Portuguesa
2DF	Hilderaldo Bellini	(1930-06-07)7 June 1930 (aged 26)	Vasco da Gama
2DF	Édson	(1933-03-19)19 March 1933 (aged 23)	América (RJ)
2DF	Zózimo	(1932-06-19)19 June 1932 (aged 24)	Bangu
3MF	Cláudio	(1922-07-18)18 July 1922 (aged 34)	São Paulo
3MF	Didi	(1928-10-08)8 October 1928 (aged 28)	Botafogo
3MF	Dino Sani	(1932-05-23)23 May 1932 (aged 24)	São Paulo
3MF	Roberto Belangero	(1928-06-28)28 June 1928 (aged 28)	Corinthians
3MF	Zito	(1932-08-08)8 August 1932 (aged 24)	Santos
4FW	Evaristo	(1933-07-22)22 July 1933 (aged 23)	Flamengo
4FW	Garrincha	(1933-10-28)28 October 1933 (aged 23)	Botafogo
4FW	Índio	(1931-03-01)1 March 1931 (aged 26)	Flamengo
4FW	Joel	(1931-11-23)23 November 1931 (aged 25)	Flamengo
4FW	Pepe	(1935-02-25)25 February 1935 (aged 22)	Santos
4FW	Zizinho	(1921-09-14)14 September 1921 (aged 35)	Bangu

Chile[]

Head Coach:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Misael Escuti	(1928-12-20)20 December 1928 (aged 28)	Colo Colo
1GK	Francisco Nitsche	(1930-11-04)4 November 1930 (aged 26)	Unión Española
2DF	Mario Torres		Audax Italiano
3MF	Rodolfo Almeida		Palestino
2DF	Caupolicán Peña	(1930-09-15)15 September 1930 (aged 26)	Colo Colo
2DF	Isaac Carrasco	(1928-08-12)12 August 1928 (aged 28)	Colo Colo
2DF	Carlos Cubillos	(1929-12-25)25 December 1929 (aged 27)	Unión Española
3MF	Ramiro Cortés		Audax Italiano
3MF	Daniel Morales		Magallanes
3MF	Gonzalo Carrasco		Green Cross
3MF	Mario Ortiz	(1936-01-28)28 January 1936 (aged 21)	Palestino
3MF	Sergio Valdés	(1933-03-09)9 March 1933 (aged 23)	Magallanes
4FW	Sergio Espinoza		Audax Italiano
4FW	José Fernández		Palestino
4FW	Jesús Picó		Santiago Wanderers
4FW	Andrés Prieto	(1928-12-19)19 December 1928 (aged 28)	Universidad Católica
4FW	Jaime Ramírez Banda	(1931-08-14)14 August 1931 (aged 25)	Colo Colo
4FW	Jorge Oliver Robledo	(1926-04-14)14 April 1926 (aged 30)	Colo Colo
4FW	Leonel Sánchez	(1936-04-25)25 April 1936 (aged 20)	Universidad de Chile
4FW	Carlos Tello		Audax Italiano
4FW	Carlos Verdejo		Deportes La Serena
4FW	Raúl Águila		Audax Italiano

(N° Federico Nitsche GK 11/4/1930 Union Española Chile) (N° Mario Alberto Torres Hernandez DF 6/20/1931 Audax Italiano Chile) (N° Rodolfo Almeida Morando 6/10/1923 MF Club Deportivo Palestino Chile) (N° Daniel Morales Oyarce MF 4/23/1928 Club Deportivo Magallanes Chile) (N° Gonzalo Carrasco Medina MF 7/28/1935 Green Cross Chile) (N° Sergio Segundo Espinoza Cavieres FW 12/25/1928 Audax Italiano Chile) N° Carlos Enrique Verdejo Peralta FW 10/2/1934 Club de Deportes La Serena Chile) (N° Raul Cornelio Aguila Herrera 9/16/1930 Audax Italiano Chile) (N° Jesus Bernardino Pico Imatz FW 4/20/1935 Santiago Wanders Chile) (N° Carlos Inocencio Tello Vergara FW 3/28/1929 Audax Italiano Chile).

Colombia[]

Head Coach: Pedro López

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
—	1GK			América
—	1GK	Efraín Sánchez	(1926-02-26)26 February 1926 (aged 31)	Independiente Medellín
—	2DF			América
—	2DF	[es]	(1932-08-07)7 August 1932 (aged 24)	Atlético Quindío
—	2DF			América
—	2DF	Francisco Zuluaga	(1929-02-02)2 February 1929 (aged 28)	Millonarios
—	3MF	Humberto Álvarez	(1929-06-13)13 June 1929 (aged 27)	Atlético Nacional
—	3MF	[es]	(1929-02-28)28 February 1929 (aged 28)	Millonarios
—	3MF			América
—	3MF	Jaime Silva	(1935-10-10)10 October 1935 (aged 21)	Santa Fe
—	3MF			Deportivo Pereira
—	3MF		(1926-05-23)23 May 1926 (aged 30)	América
—	4FW			Cúcuta Deportivo
—	4FW	[es]	(1927-07-18)18 July 1927 (aged 29)	América
—	4FW	Carlos Arango	(1928-01-31)31 January 1928 (aged 29)	Santa Fe
—	4FW		(1931-02-22)22 February 1931 (aged 26)	Atlético Quindío
—	4FW	Delio Gamboa	(1936-01-28)28 January 1936 (aged 21)	Atlético Nacional
—	4FW		(1930-02-28)28 February 1930 (aged 27)	Independiente Medellín
—	4FW			América
—	4FW			Barcelona
—	4FW			Deportivo Manizales

Ecuador[]

Head Coach:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK		(1933-09-16)16 September 1933 (aged 23)	Emelec
1GK	[ca]	(1931-11-03)3 November 1931 (aged 25)	Barcelona
2DF		(1936-05-01)1 May 1936 (aged 20)	Emelec
2DF		(1929-12-29)29 December 1929 (aged 27)	Unión Valdez
2DF	Luciano Macías	(1935-05-28)28 May 1935 (aged 21)	Barcelona
2DF		(1930-09-11)11 September 1930 (aged 26)	Patria
2DF		(1922-07-15)15 July 1922 (aged 34)	Barcelona
3MF		(1934-06-06)6 June 1934 (aged 22)	Emelec
3MF	Jaime Galarza	(1934-11-07)7 November 1934 (aged 22)	Patria
3MF		(1931-05-12)12 May 1931 (aged 25)	Unión Valdez
3MF	[es]	(1929-07-15)15 July 1929 (aged 27)	Emelec
3MF			Barcelona
4FW	[es]	(1936-02-05)5 February 1936 (aged 21)	Barcelona
4FW	Clímaco Cañarte	(1933-09-16)16 September 1933 (aged 23)	Barcelona
4FW	José Balseca	(1933-07-18)18 July 1933 (aged 23)	Emelec
4FW	[es]	(1937-04-12)12 April 1937 (aged 19)	Emelec
4FW	[es]	(1930-05-10)10 May 1930 (aged 26)	Barcelona
4FW		(1931-05-10)10 May 1931 (aged 25)	Patria
4FW		(1926-12-27)27 December 1926 (aged 30)	Emelec
4FW		(1930-09-17)17 September 1930 (aged 26)	Unión Valdez
4FW		(1935-04-26)26 April 1935 (aged 21)	Barcelona
4FW	[es]	(1924-12-19)19 December 1924 (aged 32)	Barcelona

Peru[]

Head Coach: György Orth

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK		(1924-01-04)4 January 1924 (aged 33)	Sport Boys
1GK	[es]	(1924-10-24)24 October 1924 (aged 32)	Sporting Cristal
2DF	[es]		Universitario
2DF	Víctor Benítez	(1936-10-30)30 October 1936 (aged 20)	Alianza
2DF	[es]	(1923-04-16)16 April 1923 (aged 33)	Sporting Cristal
2DF	Guillermo Delgado	(1931-02-11)11 February 1931 (aged 26)	Alianza
2DF			Municipal
2DF			Universitario
3MF	[es]	(1928-06-10)10 June 1928 (aged 28)	Universitario
3MF	[es]	(1929-06-17)17 June 1929 (aged 27)	Sport Boys
3MF			Universitario
4FW	Máximo Mosquera	(1928-01-08)8 January 1928 (aged 29)	Sporting Cristal
4FW		(1922-05-15)15 May 1922 (aged 34)	Sport Boys
4FW	Juan Joya	(1934-02-25)25 February 1934 (aged 23)	Alianza
4FW	[es]	(1929-10-05)5 October 1929 (aged 27)	Alianza
4FW	Valeriano López	(1926-05-04)4 May 1926 (aged 30)	Alianza
4FW	[es]	(1933-09-16)16 September 1933 (aged 23)	Universitario
4FW			Alianza
4FW	Juan Seminario	(1936-07-22)22 July 1936 (aged 20)	Municipal
4FW			Sport Boys
4FW	[es]	(1924-02-08)8 February 1924 (aged 33)	Universitario
4FW	Alberto Terry	(1929-05-16)16 May 1929 (aged 27)	Universitario

Uruguay[]

Head Coach: Juan López

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Walter Taibo	(1931-03-07)7 March 1931 (aged 26)	Nacional
1GK	Roger Bernardico		Cerro
2DF	José Santamaría	(1929-07-31)31 July 1929 (aged 27)	Nacional
2DF	Walter Marichal		Nacional
2DF	Carlos Correa		Danubio
2DF			Rampla Juniors
3MF			Sud América
3MF	Luis Alberto Miramontes	(1928-12-15)15 December 1928 (aged 28)	Defensor
3MF	Néstor Gonçalves	(1936-04-27)27 April 1936 (aged 20)	Peñarol
3MF	Edgardo González	(1936-09-30)30 September 1936 (aged 20)	Liverpool
3MF			Danubio
4FW	Ariel Fernández		Cerro
4FW	Omar Méndez	(1934-08-07)7 August 1934 (aged 22)	Nacional
4FW			Cerro
4FW	Walter Roque	(1937-05-08)8 May 1937 (aged 19)	Rampla Juniors
4FW			Liverpool
4FW	Carlos Carranza		Cerro
4FW	José Sasía	(1933-12-27)27 December 1933 (aged 23)	Defensor
4FW	Javier Ambrois	(1932-05-09)9 May 1932 (aged 24)	Nacional
2DF			Cerro
2DF			Cerro

References[]

^ "Copa América 1957 Peru » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "South American Championship 1957". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[1] "Copa América 1957 Peru » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[2] "South American Championship 1957". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

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