1953 South American Championship squads

The following squads were named for the 1953 South American Championship that took place in Peru. ^{[1] [2]}

Bolivia

Head Coach: César Viccino  [ es ]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4 FW	Ricardo Alcón		0	0	Unión Maestranza  [ es ]
—	4 FW	Víctor Brown	(1927-07-07)7 July 1927 (aged 25)	0	0	Club Litoral
—	2 DF	José Bustamante	(1921-03-05)5 March 1921 (aged 31)	19	0	Club Litoral
—	3 MF	René Cabrera	(1925-10-21)21 October 1925 (aged 27)	6	0	Jorge Wilstermann
—	4 FW	Delfín Díaz		0	0	Bolívar
—	2 DF	Eduardo González		0	0	CD Ingavi
—	4 FW	Benigno Gutiérrez	(1925-09-01)1 September 1925 (aged 27)	13	5	Club Litoral
—	1 GK	Eduardo Gutiérrez	(1925-01-17)17 January 1925 (aged 28)	10	0	CD Ingavi
—	4 FW	Hilarion López		0	0	CD Ingavi
—	4 FW	Mario Mena	(1928-07-28)28 July 1928 (aged 24)	7	0	Bolívar
—	3 MF	Arturo Miranda		0	0	Always Ready
—	2 DF	Javier Palazuelos		0	0
—	3 MF	Máximo Ramírez	(1933-06-09)9 June 1933 (aged 19)	0	0	Club Ferroviario  [ it ]
—	1 GK	Raúl Reinoso		0	0
—	4 FW	Ricardo Sánchez		0	0
—	3 MF	Ramón Santos	(1927-03-17)17 March 1927 (aged 25)	0	0	Bolívar
—	4 FW	Víctor Ugarte	(1926-05-05)5 May 1926 (aged 26)	14	5	Bolívar
—	3 MF	Antonio Valencia	(1925-05-10)10 May 1925 (aged 27)	8	0	Bolívar
—	3 MF	Edgar Vargas	(1929-08-10)10 August 1929 (aged 23)	0	0	Bolívar

Brazil

Head Coach: Zezé Moreira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4 FW	Ademir	(1922-11-08)8 November 1922 (aged 30)	36	31	Vasco da Gama
—	3 MF	Alfredo	(1920-01-01)1 January 1920 (aged 33)	4	1	Vasco da Gama
—	4 FW	Baltazar	(1926-01-14)14 January 1926 (aged 27)	11	6	Corinthians
—	3 MF	Bauer	(1925-11-21)21 November 1925 (aged 27)	14	0	São Paulo
—	1 GK	Barbosa	(1921-03-27)27 March 1921 (aged 31)	19	0	Vasco da Gama
—	2 DF	Brandãozinho	(1925-06-09)9 June 1925 (aged 27)	5	0	Portuguesa
—	1 GK	Carlos Castilho	(1927-11-27)27 November 1927 (aged 25)	7	0	Fluminense
—	4 FW	Cláudio	(1922-07-18)18 July 1922 (aged 30)	8	4	Corinthians
—	3 MF	Danilo Alvim	(1920-12-03)3 December 1920 (aged 32)	20	2	Vasco da Gama
—	4 FW	Didí	(1928-10-08)8 October 1928 (aged 24)	5	1	Fluminense
—	2 DF	Djalma Santos	(1929-02-27)27 February 1929 (aged 23)	4	0	Portuguesa
—	2 DF	Ely	(1921-05-14)14 May 1921 (aged 31)	13	0	Vasco da Gama
—	1 GK	Gilmar	(1930-08-22)22 August 1930 (aged 22)	0	0	Corinthians
—	2 DF	Haroldo	(1931-12-20)20 December 1931 (aged 21)	0	0	Vasco da Gama
—	4 FW	Ipojucan	(1926-06-03)3 June 1926 (aged 26)	1	0	Vasco da Gama
—	4 FW	Julinho Botelho	(1929-07-29)29 July 1929 (aged 23)	4	1	Portuguesa
—	2 DF	Nílton Santos	(1925-05-16)16 May 1925 (aged 27)	10	0	Botafogo
—	4 FW	Pinga	(1924-02-11)11 February 1924 (aged 28)	7	6	Portuguesa
—	2 DF	Pinheiro	(1932-01-13)13 January 1932 (aged 21)	5	0	Fluminense
—	4 FW	Rodrigues	(1925-06-27)27 June 1925 (aged 27)	7	3	Palmeiras
—	4 FW	Zizinho	(1921-09-14)14 September 1921 (aged 31)	35	20	Bangu

Chile

Head Coach: Luis Tirado

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2 DF	Manuel Álvarez	(1928-05-03)3 May 1928 (aged 24)	11	0	Universidad Católica
—	3 MF	Augusto Arenas	(1929-03-15)15 March 1929 (aged 23)	0	0	Everton
—	2 DF	Valentín Beperet	(1926-12-18)18 December 1926 (aged 26)	0	0	Unión Española
—	2 DF	Óscar Carrasco	(1928-08-14)14 August 1928 (aged 24)	0	0	Audax Italiano
—	3 MF	Ramiro Cortés	(1931-04-27)27 April 1931 (aged 21)	5	0	Audax Italiano
—	4 FW	Atilio Cremaschi	(1923-03-08)8 March 1923 (aged 29)	17	9	Unión Española
—	2 DF	Arturo Farías	(1927-09-01)1 September 1927 (aged 25)	11	0	Colo-Colo
—	4 FW	Guillermo Díaz	(1930-12-29)29 December 1930 (aged 22)	5	2	Santiago Morning
—	3 MF	Enrique Hormazábal	(1931-01-06)6 January 1931 (aged 22)	8	2	Santiago Morning
—	4 FW	Fernando Hurtado	(1927-10-27)27 October 1927 (aged 25)	0	0	Everton
—	1 GK	Sergio Livingstone	(1920-03-26)26 March 1920 (aged 32)	36	0	Universidad Católica
—	4 FW	René Meléndez	(1928-12-29)29 December 1928 (aged 24)	6	2	Everton
—	4 FW	Francisco Molina	(1930-03-29)29 March 1930 (aged 22)	0	0	Universidad Católica
—	2 DF	Alfredo Olivos	(1924-05-28)28 May 1924 (aged 28)	0	0	Audax Italiano
—	4 FW	Carlos Rojas	(1928-10-02)2 October 1928 (aged 24)	9	1	Unión Española
—	2 DF	Fernando Roldán	(1930-07-24)24 July 1930 (aged 22)	9	2	Universidad Católica
—	3 MF	Osvaldo Sáez	(1923-08-13)13 August 1923 (aged 29)	0	0	Colo-Colo
—	3 MF	Carlos Tello	(1928-03-28)28 March 1928 (aged 24)	2	0	Audax Italiano

Ecuador

Head Coach: Gregorio Juan Esperón

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4 FW	Víctor Arteaga	(1921-04-30)30 April 1921 (aged 31)	6	1	Norte América
—	4 FW	José Vicente Balseca	(1933-08-19)19 August 1933 (aged 19)	0	0	Emelec
—	1 GK	Alfredo Bonnard  [ es ]	(1930-11-03)3 November 1930 (aged 22)	0	0	Valdez
—	4 FW	Sigifredo Chuchuca  [ es ]	(1925-03-16)16 March 1925 (aged 27)	5	1	Barcelona
—	4 FW	Raúl Pío de la Torre	(1931-05-05)5 May 1931 (aged 21)	0	0	Norte América
—	1 GK	Jorge Delgado	(1931-07-04)4 July 1931 (aged 21)	0	0	Barcelona
—	2 DF	Enrique Flores		0	0	Everest
—	4 FW	Eduardo Guzmán  [ es ]	(1926-01-21)21 January 1926 (aged 27)	0	0	Everest
—	2 DF	Jorge Henríquez  [ es ]	(1921-09-02)2 September 1921 (aged 31)	12	0	Emelec
—	2 DF	Jorge Izaguirre	(1928-01-23)23 January 1928 (aged 25)	0	0	9 de Octubre
—	2 DF	Mario Lovato	(1927-06-21)21 June 1927 (aged 25)	2	0	Aucas
—	4 FW	Rafael Maldonado		6	1	Aucas
—	4 FW	Luis Marañón		0	0	Everest
—	3 MF	Heráclides Marín		9	0	Barcelona
—	3 MF	Daniel Pinto  [ es ]	(1929-07-15)15 July 1929 (aged 23)	0	0	Norte América
—	3 MF	Ricardo Riveros		10	0	Emelec
—	4 FW	Pablo Salazar		0	0	Barcelona
—	3 MF	Carlos Sánchez	(1922-07-15)15 July 1922 (aged 30)	9	0	Barcelona
—	3 MF	Galo Solís  [ es ]	(1928-06-05)5 June 1928 (aged 24)	0	0	Barcelona
—	3 MF	César Solórzano		0	0	Barcelona
—	4 FW	José Vargas  [ es ]	(1924-12-19)19 December 1924 (aged 28)	6	2	Barcelona
—	3 MF	Orlando Zambrano		0	0	Norte América

Paraguay

Head Coach: Manuel Fleitas Solich

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	3 MF	Alejandro Arce		0	0	Cerro Porteño
—	4 FW	Milner Ayala	(1928-09-03)3 September 1928 (aged 24)	0	0	River Plate
—	4 FW	Ángel Berni	(1931-01-09)9 January 1931 (aged 22)	0	0	San Lorenzo
—	2 DF	Antonio Cabrera	(1925-10-21)21 October 1925 (aged 27)	1	0	Libertad
—	4 FW	Rubén Fernández	(1931-05-02)2 May 1931 (aged 21)	0	0	Libertad
—	2 DF	Manuel Gavilán	(1920-11-30)30 November 1920 (aged 32)	15	0	Libertad
—	4 FW	Antonio Ramón Gómez  [ pl ]	(1928-05-04)4 May 1928 (aged 24)	0	0	Libertad
—	4 FW	Inocencio González	(1929-12-28)28 December 1929 (aged 23)	0	0	Sportivo Luqueño
—	3 MF	Ireneo Hermosilla	(1928-01-31)31 January 1928 (aged 25)	0	0	Libertad
—	2 DF	Heriberto Herrera	(1926-03-24)24 March 1926 (aged 26)	0	0	Club Nacional
—	4 FW	Luis Lacasa	(1928-00-00)0 December 1928 (aged 24–25)	0	0	Club Nacional
—	3 MF	Victoriano Leguizamón	(1922-03-22)22 March 1922 (aged 30)	2	0	Olimpia
—	4 FW	Pablo León		0	0	Guaraní
—	4 FW	Atilio López	(1925-02-05)5 February 1925 (aged 27)	2	1	Atlético Chalaco
—	2 DF	Robustiano Maciel	(1930-05-24)24 May 1930 (aged 22)	0	0	Libertad
—	2 DF	Domingo Martínez		0	0	Libertad
—	3 MF	Derlis Molinas		0	0	Club Nacional
—	1 GK	Rubén Noceda	(1931-05-11)11 May 1931 (aged 21)	0	0	Presidente Hayes
—	2 DF	Melanio Olmedo	(1932-01-19)19 January 1932 (aged 21)	0	0	Sol de América
—	4 FW	Silvio Parodi	(1931-11-06)6 November 1931 (aged 21)	0	0	Sportivo Luqueño
—	1 GK	Carlos Adolfo Riquelme	(1928-11-10)10 November 1928 (aged 24)	0	0	Club Nacional
—	4 FW	Juan Angel Romero	(1934-12-27)27 December 1934 (aged 18)	0	0	Olimpia

Peru

Head Coach: Billy Cook and Ángel Fernández Roca  [ es ]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2 DF	José Allen		0	0	Alianza Lima
—	1 GK	Rafael Asca  [ es ]	(1924-10-28)28 October 1924 (aged 28)	1	0	Sporting Tabaco
—	4 FW	Guillermo Barbadillo  [ es ]	(1925-01-09)9 January 1925 (aged 28)	7	3	Sport Boys
—	4 FW	Juan Bassa  [ es ]	(1932-12-26)26 December 1932 (aged 20)	0	0	Mariscal Sucre
—	2 DF	César Brush  [ es ]	(1930-04-04)4 April 1930 (aged 22)	3	0	Deportivo Municipal
—	3 MF	Luis Calderón	(1929-06-17)17 June 1929 (aged 23)	6	0	Sport Boys
—	4 FW	Roberto Castillo  [ es ]	(1930-04-29)29 April 1930 (aged 22)	4	0	Alianza Lima
—	2 DF	Guillermo Delgado	(1931-02-11)11 February 1931 (aged 21)	5	0	Alianza Lima
—	3 MF	Roberto Drago  [ es ]	(1923-07-28)28 July 1923 (aged 29)	10	4	Deportivo Municipal
—	4 FW	Óscar Gómez Sánchez	(1935-10-31)31 October 1935 (aged 17)	0	0	Alianza Lima
—	3 MF	Rafael Goyeneche		3	0	Alianza Lima
—	3 MF	Cornelio Heredia  [ es ]	(1920-10-16)16 October 1920 (aged 32)	15	1	Alianza Lima
—	4 FW	Luis Navarrete  [ es ]	(1928-01-22)22 January 1928 (aged 25)	0	0	Deportivo Municipal
—	4 FW	Armando Reyes		0	0	Ciclista Lima
—	4 FW	Manuel Rivera  [ es ]	(1922-05-15)15 May 1922 (aged 30)	2	1	Deportivo Municipal
—	4 FW	Alberto Terry	(1929-05-16)16 May 1929 (aged 23)	0	0	Universitario de Deportes
—	2 DF	Gilberto Torres  [ es ]	(1928-08-15)15 August 1928 (aged 24)	3	1	Universitario de Deportes
—	3 MF	Ernesto Villamares		0	0	Sporting Tabaco

Uruguay

Head Coach: Romeo Vázquez

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4 FW	Osvaldo Balseiro  [ es ]	(1928-08-08)8 August 1928 (aged 24)	2	0	Defensor Sporting
—	4 FW	Raúl Bentancor  [ es ]	(1930-01-11)11 January 1930 (aged 23)	0	0	Danubio
—	2 DF	Néstor Carballo	(1929-02-03)3 February 1929 (aged 23)	0	0	Nacional
—	3 MF	Humberto Cardozo  [ pl ]	(1925-11-21)21 November 1925 (aged 27)	0	0	Cerro
—	3 MF	Carlos María Carranza	(1928-11-30)30 November 1928 (aged 24)	0	0	Cerro
—	2 DF	Luis Alberto Cruz	(1925-04-28)28 April 1925 (aged 27)	0	0	Nacional
—	2 DF	Matías González	(1925-08-06)6 August 1925 (aged 27)	14	0	Cerro
—	2 DF	William Ruben Martínez	(1928-01-13)13 January 1928 (aged 25)	0	0	Rampla Juniors
—	4 FW	Omar Pedro Méndez	(1934-08-07)7 August 1934 (aged 18)	0	0	Central Español
—	4 FW	Rubén Morán	(1930-08-06)6 August 1930 (aged 22)	1	0	Cerro
—	4 FW	Walter Morel  [ es ]	(1927-06-30)30 June 1927 (aged 25)	0	0	River Plate
—	4 FW	Donald Peláez  [ pl ]		0	0	Rampla Juniors
—	4 FW	Washington Puente  [ pl ]		3	2	Rampla Juniors
—	3 MF	Julio Quiroga  [ pl ]	(1928-08-13)13 August 1928 (aged 24)	0	0	Liverpool
—	1 GK	Luis Radiche  [ pl ]	(1927-10-08)8 October 1927 (aged 25)	1	0	River Plate
—	3 MF	Urbano Rivera	(1926-04-01)1 April 1926 (aged 26)	0	0	Danubio
—	2 DF	Domingo Rodríguez		0	0	River Plate
—	1 GK	Pedro Rodríguez	(1928-06-19)19 June 1928 (aged 24)	0	0	Rampla Juniors
—	4 FW	Carlos Romero	(1927-09-17)17 September 1927 (aged 25)	4	1	Danubio
—	3 MF	Hosiriz Romero		7	0	Liverpool
—	4 FW	Rafael Souto	(1930-10-24)24 October 1930 (aged 22)	0	0	Nacional
—	4 FW	Rubén Vanoli  [ pl ]		1	0	River Plate

References

1. "Copa América 1953 Peru » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
2. "South American Championship 1953". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 July 2021.