Antonio Urdinaraan , nicknamed the “ Basque ” ( Spanish: Antonio Urdinarán ; October 30, 1898 , Montevideo - June 8, 1961 ) - Uruguayan football player, defender. Olympic champion in 1924 (did not play at the tournament), 3-time champion of South America. Elder brother of Santos Urdinaran , 2-time Olympic champion and 1930 world champion .
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Biography
Antonio Urdinaran started playing high-level football at the Defensor club (currently Defensor Sporting ). In 1916, Antonio, together with the Uruguayan national team, went to the first ever South American football championship . He was a backup player, but in the third match came in the starting lineup. However, the decisive match between Argentina and Uruguay, which began July 17 in Buenos Aires at the Gimnasia and Esgrima stadium, was interrupted in the fifth minute and the next day in Avellaneda at the Racing stadium Urdinaran did not appear on the field in the final game [1] .
A full-fledged debut in the framework of the continental championship took place a year later. Antonio played one match against Chile in the opening game of the South American home championship . The next two matches, Urdinaran did not play, but became the two-time champion of the continent [2] . At that time, Basque already represented Nacional , with which it subsequently won 6 Uruguayan championships .
Finally, in 1920, Antonio Urdinaran went to the championship of South America in Chile already in the status of the main player of the national team. He spent all three matches in the tournament. In the second game against Brazil, Urdinaran scored the second goal of the Uruguay national team from the penalty spot on 26 minutes, but in the second half of the meeting he was forced to leave the field due to an injury. But even with ten of them, “Celeste” managed to bring the match to victory with a convincing score of 6: 0. The Uruguayans played the third match against the Chileans 16 days later and therefore Urdinaran managed to recover from his injury and help his team defeat the hosts 2-1 in a tough fight and thereby beat Argentina and win the third continental championship out of 4 raffles [3] .
In 1922, Antonio Urdinaran was also the main defender of the Uruguayans at a tournament in Brazil . It was one of the most controversial championships in the history of the Cup of America in terms of refereeing. The national team of Uruguay lost to Paraguay in the last match with the score 0: 1, and in protest against the unfair refereeing of the Brazilian referee Pedro Santos left the tournament without waiting for the results of other matches, although in the end she could qualify for a “golden match” against Brazil [4] .
December 17, 1922 Antonio Urdinaran spent his last match for the national team of Uruguay against Argentina [5] .
In 1924, Antonio Urdinaran decided to start football and moved to his ancestral homeland in Spain . In the same year, the Uruguayan national team went to Paris to take part in the Olympic Games . Knowing that Antonio Urdinaran lives in Madrid and had two vacancies available in the application for the tournament , Ernesto Figoli included the architect and former footballer Leonidas Chiapparu , who lived in Paris (and helped the Uruguayan delegation), as well as Antonio Urdinaran, who were supported by constant telegraph communication and who could come to the capital of the Olympic Games when necessary. However, his help was not required, and Antonio became the Olympic champion of 1924, remaining all the time in Madrid [6] . It was formally the only tournament in which both brothers of Urdinaran were simultaneously present in the application for the Uruguayan national team. Santos also became a champion as a base player.
In 1927, Antonio Urdinaran responded to Nacional's request and took part in a Uruguayan club tour of North and Central America . Antonio Urdinaran died on June 8, 1961 at the age of 62.
Titles and Achievements
- Champion of Uruguay (6): 1917 , 1919 , 1920 , 1922 , 1923 , 1924
- Champion of South America (3): 1916 , 1917 , 1920
- Olympic champion (1): 1924
Notes
- ↑ Martín Tabeira. Southamerican Championship 1916 rsssf.com (August 10, 2007). Date of treatment November 24, 2011. Archived on May 1, 2012.
- ↑ Martín Tabeira. Southamerican Championship 1917 rsssf.com (August 10, 2007). Date of treatment November 24, 2011. Archived on September 4, 2012.
- ↑ Martín Tabeira. Southamerican Championship 1920 rsssf.com (September 7, 2007). Date of treatment November 24, 2011. Archived on September 4, 2012.
- ↑ Martín Tabeira. Southamerican Championship 1922 rsssf.com (August 12, 2009). Date of treatment November 24, 2011. Archived on September 4, 2012.
- ↑ Matches of the national team of Uruguay (1901-1965) . celeste-rus.ru (November 22, 2011). Date of treatment November 24, 2011. Archived on September 4, 2012.
- ↑ Article about Leonidas Chiappar