1955 South American Championship squads

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
	2 DF	Luis Bagnato	(1924-05-10)10 May 1924 (aged 30)	0	0	Banfield
	2 DF	Arnaldo Balay	(1928-09-02)2 September 1928 (aged 26)	0	0	Racing Club
	4 FW	Ricardo Bonelli	(1932-10-28)28 October 1932 (aged 22)	2	0	Independiente
	4 FW	José Borello	(1929-11-24)24 November 1929 (aged 25)	2	0	Boca Juniors
	4 FW	Carlos Cecconato	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 25)	4	0	Independiente
	2 DF	Juan Carlos Colmán	(1922-12-15)15 December 1922 (aged 32)	7	0	Boca Juniors
	3 MF	Norberto Conde	(1931-03-14)14 March 1931 (aged 23)	0	0	Vélez Sársfield
	4 FW	Osvaldo Cruz	(1931-05-29)29 May 1931 (aged 23)	5	1	Independiente
	4 FW	Ernesto Cucchiaroni	(1927-11-16)16 November 1927 (aged 27)	0	0	Boca Juniors
	2 DF	Pedro Dellacha	(1926-07-09)9 July 1926 (aged 28)	5	0	Racing Club
	4 FW	Ernesto Grillo	(1929-10-01)1 October 1929 (aged 25)	7	4	Independiente
	2 DF	Ernesto Gutiérrez	(1927-11-05)5 November 1927 (aged 27)	10	0	Racing Club
	3 MF	Ángel Labruna	(1918-09-28)28 September 1918 (aged 36)	17	11	River Plate
	2 DF	Guillermo Leguía  [ pl ]		0	0	San Lorenzo
	2 DF	Francisco Lombardo	(1925-06-11)11 June 1925 (aged 29)	7	0	Boca Juniors
	1 GK	Roqué Marrapodi	(1919-06-18)18 June 1919 (aged 35)	2	0	Ferro Carril Oeste
	4 FW	Rodolfo Micheli	(1930-04-24)24 April 1930 (aged 24)	4	2	Independiente
	3 MF	Eliseo Mouriño	(1927-06-03)3 June 1927 (aged 27)	7	0	Boca Juniors
	1 GK	Julio Musimessi	(1924-07-09)9 July 1924 (aged 30)	5	0	Boca Juniors
	3 MF	Pascasio Sola	(1928-11-08)8 November 1928 (aged 26)	0	0	River Plate
	2 DF	Federico Vairo	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 25)	0	0	River Plate
	4 FW	Santiago Vernazza	(1928-09-23)23 September 1928 (aged 26)	4	1	River Plate

Chile

Head coach: Luis Tirado

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	2 DF	Rodolfo Almeyda	(1923-06-10)10 June 1923 (aged 31)	4	0	Palestino
	2 DF	Manuel Álvarez	(1928-05-23)23 May 1928 (aged 26)	25	0	Universidad Católica
	2 DF	Isaac Carrasco	(1928-08-14)14 August 1928 (aged 26)	6	0	Colo-Colo
	3 MF	Ramiro Cortés	(1931-04-27)27 April 1931 (aged 23)	20	0	Audax Italiano
	4 FW	Guillermo Díaz Carmona	(1926-06-25)25 June 1926 (aged 28)	12	2	Santiago Morning
	4 FW	Guillermo Díaz Zambrano	(1930-12-29)29 December 1930 (aged 24)	6	1	Palestino
	1 GK	Misael Escuti	(1926-12-20)20 December 1926 (aged 28)	1	0	Colo-Colo
	1 GK	Carlos Espinoza	(1928-04-21)21 April 1928 (aged 26)	0	0	Everton
	4 FW	Sergio Espinoza	(1928-12-25)25 December 1928 (aged 26)	1	0	Audax Italiano
	3 MF	Enrique Hormazábal	(1931-01-06)6 January 1931 (aged 24)	23	3	Santiago Morning
	4 FW	René Meléndez	(1928-12-29)29 December 1928 (aged 26)	16	6	Everton
	4 FW	Manuel Muñoz	(1928-04-28)28 April 1928 (aged 26)	14	3	Colo-Colo
	4 FW	Jaime Ramírez	(1931-08-14)14 August 1931 (aged 23)	2	0	Colo-Colo
	2 DF	Eduardo Robledo	(1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 26)	4	0	Colo-Colo
	4 FW	Jorge Robledo	(1926-04-14)14 April 1926 (aged 28)	10	3	Colo-Colo
	3 MF	Hernán Rodríguez	(1933-05-02)2 May 1933 (aged 21)	0	0	Colo-Colo
	2 DF	Antonio Valjalo	(1926-05-06)6 May 1926 (aged 28)	1	0	Colo-Colo
	3 MF	Luis Vera	(1929-12-29)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
	3 MF	Carlos Alume	(1923-01-02)2 January 1923 (aged 32)	0	0
	3 MF	Marcial Astudillo		0	0
	4 FW	José Vicente Balseca	(1933-08-19)19 August 1933 (aged 21)	5	0	Emelec
	1 GK	Alfredo Bonnard  [ es ]	(1930-11-03)3 November 1930 (aged 24)	6	0	Valdez
	4 FW	Enrique Cantos  [ es ]	(1925-02-25)25 February 1925 (aged 30)	9	1	Barcelona SC
	4 FW	Clímaco Cañarte	(1936-02-05)5 February 1936 (aged 19)	0	0	Barcelona SC
	3 MF	Luis Drouet		0	0
	3 MF	Gerónimo Gando		0	0
	2 DF	Rómulo Gómez  [ es ]	(1934-06-06)6 June 1934 (aged 20)	0	0	Emelec
	2 DF	Honorato Gonzabay  [ es ]	(1929-01-02)2 January 1929 (aged 26)	0	0	Valdez
	2 DF	Jorge Izaguirre	(1928-01-23)23 January 1928 (aged 27)	5	0	Nueve de Octubre
	4 FW	Isidro Matute  [ es ]	(1930-05-10)10 May 1930 (aged 24)	0	0	Barcelona SC
	1 GK	Hugo Mejia	(1931-11-25)25 November 1931 (aged 23)	0	0	Emelec
	4 FW	Colón Merizalde	(1931-05-10)10 May 1931 (aged 23)	0	0
	3 MF	Daniel Pinto	(1929-07-15)15 July 1929 (aged 25)	6	0	Norte América
	4 FW	Mario Saeteros		0	0	Patria
	3 MF	Carlos Sánchez	(1922-07-15)15 July 1922 (aged 32)	15	0	Barcelona SC
	3 MF	Galo Solís  [ es ]	(1928-06-05)5 June 1928 (aged 26)	4	0	Emelec
	4 FW	Elías Gereneldo Triviño	(1931-07-20)20 July 1931 (aged 23)	0	0
	2 DF	Ricardo Valencia	(1927-02-16)16 February 1927 (aged 28)	0	0
	3 MF	Washington Villacreses	(1931-02-17)17 February 1931 (aged 24)	0	0
	3 MF	Orlando Zambrano		2	0

Paraguay

Head coach: César López Fretes

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	4 FW	Juan Bautista Agüero	(1935-06-24)24 June 1935 (aged 19)	0	0	Olimpia
	3 MF	Alejandro Arce		1	0	Cerro Porteño
	4 FW	Rogelio Bedoya		0	0	Libertad
	4 FW	Juan Cañete	(1929-07-27)27 July 1929 (aged 25)	0	0	Presidente Hayes
	1 GK	Honario Casco		0	0
	2 DF	Eligio Echagüe	(1938-12-31)31 December 1938 (aged 16)	0	0	Olimpia
	3 MF	Celso González		0	0
	3 MF	Hermes González	(1935-04-06)6 April 1935 (aged 19)	0	0	Libertad
	2 DF	Joel Jovellanos	(1932-09-24)24 September 1932 (aged 22)	0	0	Nacional
	2 DF	Robustiano Maciel	(1930-05-24)24 May 1930 (aged 24)	7	0
	3 MF	Eulogio Martínez	(1935-06-11)11 June 1935 (aged 19)	2	1	Libertad
	2 DF	Melanio Olmedo	(1932-01-19)19 January 1932 (aged 23)	4	0	Sol de América
	4 FW	José Parodi	(1932-08-30)30 August 1932 (aged 22)	4	2	Sportivo Luqueño
	2 DF	Ivón Poisson		0	0	Olimpia
	4 FW	Oppe Quiñónez	(1933-03-25)25 March 1933 (aged 21)	0	0	Nacional
	4 FW	Máximo Rolón	(1934-11-18)18 November 1934 (aged 20)	0	0	Libertad
	4 FW	Juan Ángel Romero	(1934-12-27)27 December 1934 (aged 20)	11	1	Nacional
	3 MF	Darío Segovia	(1932-03-18)18 March 1932 (aged 22)	0	0	Sol de América
	1 GK	Marcelino Vargas	(1921-02-01)1 February 1921 (aged 34)	3	0	Libertad
	3 MF	Salvador Villalba	(1924-08-29)29 August 1924 (aged 30)	0	0

Peru

Head coach: Juan Valdivieso

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	4 FW	Guillermo Barbadillo  [ es ]	(1925-01-09)9 January 1925 (aged 30)	13	3	Alianza Lima
	2 DF	Andrés Bedoya	(1928-11-10)10 November 1928 (aged 26)	0	0	Atlético Chalaco
	4 FW	Félix Castillo	(1928-02-21)21 February 1928 (aged 27)	12	5	Alianza Lima
	4 FW	Roberto Castillo  [ es ]	(1930-04-29)29 April 1930 (aged 24)	8	0	Alianza Lima
	3 MF	Germán Colunga  [ es ]	(1922-05-28)28 May 1922 (aged 32)	5	0	Universitario de Deportes
	2 DF	Guillermo Delgado	(1931-02-11)11 February 1931 (aged 24)	11	0	Alianza Lima
	3 MF	Roberto Drago  [ es ]	(1923-07-28)28 July 1923 (aged 31)	16	4	Deportivo Municipal
	4 FW	Alberto Garrido		0	0
	4 FW	Óscar Gómez Sánchez	(1935-10-31)31 October 1935 (aged 19)	4	3	Alianza Lima
	3 MF	Cornelio Heredia  [ es ]	(1920-10-16)16 October 1920 (aged 34)	21	1	Alianza Lima
	3 MF	Dagoberto Lavalle  [ es ]	(1925-03-25)25 March 1925 (aged 29)	4	0	Deportivo Municipal
	3 MF	Carlos Lazón  [ es ]	(1929-10-05)5 October 1929 (aged 25)	2	0	Alianza Lima
	3 MF	Alberto Loret de Mola  [ es ]	(1928-01-13)13 January 1928 (aged 27)	0	0	Universitario de Deportes
	4 FW	Máximo Mosquera	(1928-01-08)8 January 1928 (aged 27)	9	2	Alianza Lima
	4 FW	Luis Navarrete  [ es ]	(1928-01-22)22 January 1928 (aged 27)	5	1	Deportivo Municipal
	2 DF	Agapito Perales	(1919-03-14)14 March 1919 (aged 35)	0	0	Sporting Tabaco
	1 GK	Luis Suárez  [ es ]	(1926-05-17)17 May 1926 (aged 28)	7	0	Mariscal Sucre
	2 DF	Víctor Salas  [ es ]	(1935-03-29)29 March 1935 (aged 19)	0	0	Universitario de Deportes
	4 FW	Alberto Terry	(1929-05-16)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
	4 FW	Julio Abbadie	(1930-09-07)7 September 1930 (aged 24)	13	8	Peñarol
	4 FW	Omar Abreo  [ pl ]		0	0	Liverpool
	4 FW	Carlos Borges	(1932-01-14)14 January 1932 (aged 23)	5	4	Peñarol
	3 MF	Néstor Carballo	(1929-02-03)3 February 1929 (aged 26)	7	0	Nacional
	4 FW	Carlos Carranza	(1928-11-30)30 November 1928 (aged 26)	1	0	Cerro
	4 FW	Alberto Chagas  [ pl ]		0	0	Nacional
	3 MF	Luis Cruz	(1925-04-28)28 April 1925 (aged 29)	9	0	Nacional
	3 MF	Héctor Demarco	(1936-05-31)31 May 1936 (aged 18)	0	0	Defensor Sporting
	4 FW	Guillermo Escalada	(1936-04-24)24 April 1936 (aged 18)	0	0	Nacional
	4 FW	Américo Galván  [ pl ]		0	0	Peñarol
	2 DF	Matías González	(1925-08-06)6 August 1925 (aged 29)	20	0	Cerro
	2 DF	Waldemar González  [ pl ]	(1927-03-28)28 March 1927 (aged 27)	0	0	Nacional
	3 MF	Roberto Leopardi	(1933-07-19)19 July 1933 (aged 21)	0	0	Nacional
	2 DF	William Martínez	(1928-01-13)13 January 1928 (aged 27)	10	0	Peñarol
	1 GK	Roque Máspoli	(1917-10-12)12 October 1917 (aged 37)	23	0	Peñarol
	4 FW	Oscar Míguez	(1927-12-05)5 December 1927 (aged 27)	7	8	Peñarol
	4 FW	Walter Morel  [ es ]	(1927-06-30)30 June 1927 (aged 27)	6	2	River Plate
	4 FW	Julio Pérez	(1926-06-19)19 June 1926 (aged 28)	4	1	Nacional
	3 MF	Caledonio Rey		0	0	River Plate
	3 MF	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade	(1927-05-02)2 May 1927 (aged 27)	7	0	Peñarol
	1 GK	Walter Taibo	(1931-03-07)7 March 1931 (aged 23)	0	0	Nacional
	2 DF	Omar Tejera  [ pl ]		0	0	Montevideo Wanderers

References

1. "Copa América 1955 Chile » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "South American Championship 1955". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2021.