1955 South American Championship squads
List of footballers
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The following squads were named for the 1955 South American Championship that took place in Chile.[1][2]
Argentina
Head coach: Guillermo Stábile
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Luis Bagnato | 10 May 1924 (aged 30) | 0 | 0 |  Banfield | |
| DF | Arnaldo Balay | 2 September 1928 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Racing Club | |
| FW | Ricardo Bonelli | 28 October 1932 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | Independiente | |
| FW | José Borello | 24 November 1929 (aged 25) | 2 | 0 | Boca Juniors | |
| FW | Carlos Cecconato | 27 January 1930 (aged 25) | 4 | 0 | Independiente | |
| DF | Juan Carlos Colmán | 15 December 1922 (aged 32) | 7 | 0 | Boca Juniors | |
| MF | Norberto Conde | 14 March 1931 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Vélez Sársfield | |
| FW | Osvaldo Cruz | 29 May 1931 (aged 23) | 5 | 1 | Independiente | |
| FW | Ernesto Cucchiaroni | 16 November 1927 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors | |
| DF | Pedro Dellacha | 9 July 1926 (aged 28) | 5 | 0 | Racing Club | |
| FW | Ernesto Grillo | 1 October 1929 (aged 25) | 7 | 4 | Independiente | |
| DF | Ernesto Gutiérrez | 5 November 1927 (aged 27) | 10 | 0 | Racing Club | |
| MF | Ángel Labruna | 28 September 1918 (aged 36) | 17 | 11 | River Plate | |
| DF | Guillermo Leguía | 0 | 0 | San Lorenzo | ||
| DF | Francisco Lombardo | 11 June 1925 (aged 29) | 7 | 0 | Boca Juniors | |
| GK | Roqué Marrapodi | 18 June 1919 (aged 35) | 2 | 0 | Ferro Carril Oeste | |
| FW | Rodolfo Micheli | 24 April 1930 (aged 24) | 4 | 2 | Independiente | |
| MF | Eliseo Mouriño | 3 June 1927 (aged 27) | 7 | 0 | Boca Juniors | |
| GK | Julio Musimessi | 9 July 1924 (aged 30) | 5 | 0 | Boca Juniors | |
| MF | Pascasio Sola | 8 November 1928 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | River Plate | |
| DF | Federico Vairo | 27 January 1930 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | River Plate | |
| FW | Santiago Vernazza | 23 September 1928 (aged 26) | 4 | 1 | River Plate |
Chile
Head coach: Luis Tirado
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Rodolfo Almeyda | 10 June 1923 (aged 31) | 4 | 0 |  Palestino | |
| DF | Manuel Álvarez | 23 May 1928 (aged 26) | 25 | 0 | Universidad Católica | |
| DF | Isaac Carrasco | 14 August 1928 (aged 26) | 6 | 0 | Colo-Colo | |
| MF | Ramiro Cortés | 27 April 1931 (aged 23) | 20 | 0 | Audax Italiano | |
| FW | Guillermo Díaz Carmona | 25 June 1926 (aged 28) | 12 | 2 | Santiago Morning | |
| FW | Guillermo Díaz Zambrano | 29 December 1930 (aged 24) | 6 | 1 | Palestino | |
| GK | Misael Escuti | 20 December 1926 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | Colo-Colo | |
| GK | Carlos Espinoza | 21 April 1928 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Everton | |
| FW | Sergio Espinoza | 25 December 1928 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Audax Italiano | |
| MF | Enrique Hormazábal | 6 January 1931 (aged 24) | 23 | 3 | Santiago Morning | |
| FW | René Meléndez | 29 December 1928 (aged 26) | 16 | 6 | Everton | |
| FW | Manuel Muñoz | 28 April 1928 (aged 26) | 14 | 3 | Colo-Colo | |
| FW | Jaime Ramírez | 14 August 1931 (aged 23) | 2 | 0 | Colo-Colo | |
| DF | Eduardo Robledo | 26 July 1928 (aged 26) | 4 | 0 | Colo-Colo | |
| FW | Jorge Robledo | 14 April 1926 (aged 28) | 10 | 3 | Colo-Colo | |
| MF | Hernán Rodríguez | 2 May 1933 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Colo-Colo | |
| DF | Antonio Valjalo | 6 May 1926 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | Colo-Colo | |
| MF | Luis Vera | 29 December 1929 (aged 25) | 2 | 0 | Audax Italiano |
Ecuador
Head coach: José María Jiménez
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Carlos Alume | 2 January 1923 (aged 32) | 0 | 0 |  | |
| MF | Marcial Astudillo | 0 | 0 | | ||
| FW | José Vicente Balseca | 19 August 1933 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | Emelec | |
| GK | Alfredo Bonnard | 3 November 1930 (aged 24) | 6 | 0 | Valdez | |
| FW | Enrique Cantos | 25 February 1925 (aged 30) | 9 | 1 | Barcelona SC | |
| FW | Clímaco Cañarte | 5 February 1936 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC | |
| MF | Luis Drouet | 0 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Gerónimo Gando | 0 | 0 | | ||
| DF | Rómulo Gómez | 6 June 1934 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Emelec | |
| DF | Honorato Gonzabay | 2 January 1929 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Valdez | |
| DF | Jorge Izaguirre | 23 January 1928 (aged 27) | 5 | 0 | Nueve de Octubre | |
| FW | Isidro Matute | 10 May 1930 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC | |
| GK | Hugo Mejia | 25 November 1931 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Emelec | |
| FW | Colón Merizalde | 10 May 1931 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | | |
| MF | Daniel Pinto | 15 July 1929 (aged 25) | 6 | 0 | Norte América | |
| FW | Mario Saeteros | 0 | 0 | Patria | ||
| MF | Carlos Sánchez | 15 July 1922 (aged 32) | 15 | 0 | Barcelona SC | |
| MF | Galo Solís | 5 June 1928 (aged 26) | 4 | 0 | Emelec | |
| FW | Elías Gereneldo Triviño | 20 July 1931 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | | |
| DF | Ricardo Valencia | 16 February 1927 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | | |
| MF | Washington Villacreses | 17 February 1931 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | | |
| MF | Orlando Zambrano | 2 | 0 | |
Paraguay
Head coach: César López Fretes
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Juan Bautista Agüero | 24 June 1935 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 |  Olimpia | |
| MF | Alejandro Arce | 1 | 0 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| FW | Rogelio Bedoya | 0 | 0 | Libertad | ||
| FW | Juan Cañete | 27 July 1929 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Presidente Hayes | |
| GK | Honorio Casco | 0 | 0 | | ||
| DF | Eligio Echagüe | 31 December 1938 (aged 16) | 0 | 0 | Olimpia | |
| MF | Celso González | 0 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Hermes González | 6 April 1935 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Libertad | |
| DF | Joel Jovellanos | 24 September 1932 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Nacional | |
| DF | Robustiano Maciel | 24 May 1930 (aged 24) | 7 | 0 | Libertad | |
| MF | Eulogio Martínez | 11 June 1935 (aged 19) | 2 | 1 | Libertad | |
| DF | Melanio Olmedo | 19 January 1932 (aged 23) | 4 | 0 | Sol de América | |
| FW | José Parodi | 30 August 1932 (aged 22) | 4 | 2 | Sportivo Luqueño | |
| DF | Ivón Poisson | 0 | 0 | Olimpia | ||
| FW | Oppe Quiñónez | 25 March 1933 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Nacional | |
| FW | Máximo Rolón | 18 November 1934 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Libertad | |
| FW | Juan Ángel Romero | 27 December 1934 (aged 20) | 11 | 1 |  Nacional | |
| MF | Darío Segovia | 18 March 1932 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Sol de América | |
| GK | Marcelino Vargas | 1 February 1921 (aged 34) | 3 | 0 | Libertad | |
| MF | Salvador Villalba | 29 August 1924 (aged 30) | 0 | 0 | Libertad |
Peru
Head coach: Juan Valdivieso
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Guillermo Barbadillo | 9 January 1925 (aged 30) | 13 | 3 |  Alianza Lima | |
| DF | Andrés Bedoya | 10 November 1928 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Atlético Chalaco | |
| FW | Félix Castillo | 21 February 1928 (aged 27) | 12 | 5 | Alianza Lima | |
| FW | Roberto Castillo | 29 April 1930 (aged 24) | 8 | 0 | Alianza Lima | |
| MF | Germán Colunga | 28 May 1922 (aged 32) | 5 | 0 | Universitario de Deportes | |
| DF | Guillermo Delgado | 11 February 1931 (aged 24) | 11 | 0 | Alianza Lima | |
| MF | Roberto Drago | 28 July 1923 (aged 31) | 16 | 4 | Deportivo Municipal | |
| FW | Alberto Garrido | 0 | 0 | | ||
| FW | Óscar Gómez Sánchez | 31 October 1935 (aged 19) | 4 | 3 | Alianza Lima | |
| MF | Cornelio Heredia | 16 October 1920 (aged 34) | 21 | 1 | Alianza Lima | |
| MF | Dagoberto Lavalle | 25 March 1925 (aged 29) | 4 | 0 | Deportivo Municipal | |
| MF | Carlos Lazón | 5 October 1929 (aged 25) | 2 | 0 | Alianza Lima | |
| MF | Alberto Loret de Mola | 13 January 1928 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Universitario de Deportes | |
| FW | Máximo Mosquera | 8 January 1928 (aged 27) | 9 | 2 | Alianza Lima | |
| FW | Luis Navarrete | 22 January 1928 (aged 27) | 5 | 1 | Deportivo Municipal | |
| DF | Agapito Perales | 14 March 1919 (aged 35) | 0 | 0 | Sporting Tabaco | |
| GK | Luis Suárez | 17 May 1926 (aged 28) | 7 | 0 | Mariscal Sucre | |
| DF | Víctor Salas | 29 March 1935 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Universitario de Deportes | |
| FW | Alberto Terry | 16 May 1929 (aged 25) | 7 | 5 | Universitario de Deportes |
Uruguay
Head coach: Juan Carlos Corazzo
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Julio Abbadie | 7 September 1930 (aged 24) | 13 | 8 | Peñarol | |
| FW | Omar Abreo | 0 | 0 | Liverpool | ||
| FW | Carlos Borges | 14 January 1932 (aged 23) | 5 | 4 | Peñarol | |
| MF | Néstor Carballo | 3 February 1929 (aged 26) | 7 | 0 | Nacional | |
| FW | Carlos Carranza | 30 November 1928 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Cerro | |
| FW | Alberto Chagas | 0 | 0 | Nacional | ||
| MF | Luis Cruz | 28 April 1925 (aged 29) | 9 | 0 | Nacional | |
| MF | Héctor Demarco | 31 May 1936 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Defensor Sporting | |
| FW | Guillermo Escalada | 24 April 1936 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Nacional | |
| FW | Américo Galván | 0 | 0 | Peñarol | ||
| DF | Matías González | 6 August 1925 (aged 29) | 20 | 0 | Cerro | |
| DF | Waldemar González | 28 March 1927 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Nacional | |
| MF | Roberto Leopardi | 19 July 1933 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Nacional | |
| DF | William Martínez | 13 January 1928 (aged 27) | 10 | 0 | Peñarol | |
| GK | Roque Máspoli | 12 October 1917 (aged 37) | 23 | 0 | Peñarol | |
| FW | Oscar Míguez | 5 December 1927 (aged 27) | 7 | 8 | Peñarol | |
| FW | Walter Morel | 30 June 1927 (aged 27) | 6 | 2 | River Plate | |
| FW | Julio Pérez | 19 June 1926 (aged 28) | 4 | 1 | Nacional | |
| MF | Caledonio Rey | 0 | 0 | River Plate | ||
| MF | Víctor Rodríguez Andrade | 2 May 1927 (aged 27) | 7 | 0 | Peñarol | |
| GK | Walter Taibo | 7 March 1931 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Nacional | |
| DF | Omar Tejera | 0 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers |