Francisco Urroz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Urroz Martínez | ||
Date of birth | 14 December 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Higuerote, Venezuela | ||
Date of death | 22 January 1992 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Concón, Chile | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Unión Española | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1940–1944 | Unión Española | ||
1945–1950 | Colo-Colo | ||
National team | |||
1947-1950 | Chile | 11 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Francisco Urroz Martínez (14 December 1920 – 22 January 1992) was a Chilean football defender.
Club career[]
He played for Unión Española, becoming team captain and won the 1947 Primera División de Chile along with Colo-Colo.[1][2]
International career[]
He made 11 appearances for the Chile national team,[3] playing also in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[4]
Personal life[]
He was born in Higuerote, Venezuela. He died in Concón, aged 71. He was the father of the tennis player Silvana Urroz and grandfather of both the field hockey player Manuela Urroz - who also played football at youth categories for Unión Española - and the rugby union player and doctor Francisco Urroz.[2]
Honours[]
- Unión Española
- Primera División (1): 1943
- Colo-Colo
- Primera División (1): 1947
References[]
- ^ "Francisco Urroz Martínez". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ a b Vergara, Matías (29 July 2019). "El clan Urroz llega a Lima: un lazo indestructible con el deporte". AS Chile (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Francisco Urroz". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Archived October 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- FIFA profile
- [1] at CeroaCero (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1920 births
- People from Miranda (state)
- Naturalized citizens of Chile
- Chilean footballers
- Chile international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Unión Española footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- 1950 FIFA World Cup players
- 1992 deaths
- Venezuelan emigrants to Chile
- Chilean football defender stubs