1945 South American Championship squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1945 South American Championship.^[1][2] The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia (for the first time), Ecuador, and Uruguay. Paraguay and Peru withdrew from the tournament. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. Colombia was represented by the club Junior.^[3]

Head Coach: Guillermo Stábile

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	1GK	Fernando Bello	(1910-11-29)29 November 1910 (aged 34)	8	0	Independiente
—	4FW	Mario Boyé	(1922-07-30)30 July 1922 (aged 22)	0	0	Boca Juniors
—	2DF	Bartolomé Colombo	(1916-08-24)24 August 1916 (aged 28)	10	0	San Lorenzo
—	4FW	Vicente de la Mata	(1918-01-15)15 January 1918 (aged 26)	6	3	Independiente
—	2DF	Rodolfo de Zorzi	(1921-07-27)27 July 1921 (aged 23)	2	0	Rosario Central
—	3MF	Enrique Espinoza	(1921-12-24)24 December 1921 (aged 23)	3	0	Atlanta
—	4FW	Armando Farro	(1922-12-20)20 December 1922 (aged 22)	0	0	San Lorenzo
—	4FW	Juan José Ferraro	(1923-11-05)5 November 1923 (aged 21)	0	0	Vélez Sársfield
—	3MF	Alfredo Fógel	(1919-02-11)11 February 1919 (aged 25)	0	0	Rosario Central
—	4FW	Félix Loustau	(1922-12-25)25 December 1922 (aged 22)	2	1	River Plate
—	4FW	Rinaldo Martino	(1921-11-06)6 November 1921 (aged 23)	7	5	San Lorenzo
—	3MF	Norberto Méndez	(1923-01-05)5 January 1923 (aged 22)	1	0	Huracán
—	4FW	Juan Carlos Muñoz	(1919-03-04)4 March 1919 (aged 25)	6	1	River Plate
—	2DF	Nicolás Palma		0	0	Estudiantes (LP)
—	4FW	Manuel Pellegrina	(1919-11-29)29 November 1919 (aged 25)	3	1	Estudiantes (LP)
—	3MF	Ángel Perucca	(1918-08-19)19 August 1918 (aged 26)	12	2	Newell's Old Boys
—	3MF	Natalio Pescia	(1922-01-01)1 January 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	Boca Juniors
—	4FW	René Pontoni	(1920-05-18)18 May 1920 (aged 24)	5	9	Newell's Old Boys
—	1GK	Héctor Ricardo	(1925-02-10)10 February 1925 (aged 19)	2	0	Rosario Central
—	2DF	José Salomón	(1916-07-09)9 July 1916 (aged 28)	28	0	Racing Club
—	3MF	Óscar Sastre	(1920-12-25)25 December 1920 (aged 24)	1	0	Independiente
—	2DF	Carlos Sosa	(1919-07-21)21 July 1919 (aged 25)	3	0	Boca Juniors
—	2DF	Roberto Yebra	(1919-06-18)18 June 1919 (aged 25)	0	0	Rosario Central

Head Coach: Julio Borelli

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2DF	Alberto Achá	(1920-04-03)3 April 1920 (aged 24)	0	0	The Strongest
—	1GK	Vicente Arraya	(1922-01-25)25 January 1922 (aged 22)	0	0	Atlanta
—	3MF	Exequiel Calderón		0	0	The Strongest
—	3MF	Raúl Fernández		0	0	The Strongest
—	4FW	Zenón Gonzáles	(1919-06-23)23 June 1919 (aged 25)	0	0	Club Ferroviario
—	4FW	Fortunato Gorostiaga		0	0
—	3MF	Manuel Gutiérrez		0	0	Club Bolívar
—	3MF	Ruperto Inchausti	(1918-03-27)27 March 1918 (aged 26)	0	0	Club Junín
—	4FW	Donato Medrano		0	0
—	4FW	Severo Orgaz		0	0	The Strongest
—	4FW	Walter Orozco	(1922-01-08)8 January 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	Club Bolívar
—	4FW	Adrián Ortega		0	0	Club Ferroviario
—	4FW	Miguel Peredo		0	0
—	1GK	Cleto Prieto		0	0
—	2DF	Nicolás Prieto		0	0	Deportivo Bata
—	2DF	Hernán Rojas		0	0	Club Bolívar
—	4FW	Roque Romero		0	0	Club Bolívar
—	3MF	Martín Saavedra		0	0	The Strongest
—	4FW	Armando Tapia	(1922-01-22)22 January 1922 (aged 22)	0	0	Club Ferroviario

Head coach: Flávio Costa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4FW	Ademir	(1922-11-08)8 November 1922 (aged 22)	0	0	Vasco da Gama
—	3MF	Alfredo	(1920-01-01)1 January 1920 (aged 25)	1	0	Vasco da Gama
—	2DF	Begliomini	(1914-11-27)27 November 1914 (aged 30)	3	0	Corinthians
—	3MF	Biguá	(1921-03-22)22 March 1921 (aged 23)	0	0	Flamengo
—	2DF	Da Guia	(1911-12-19)19 December 1911 (aged 33)	12	0	Corinthians
—	3MF	Danilo	(1920-12-03)3 December 1920 (aged 24)	0	0	America-RJ
—	4FW	Djalma	(1918-12-19)19 December 1918 (aged 26)	0	0	Vasco da Gama
—	4FW	Heleno	(1920-02-12)12 February 1920 (aged 24)	1	1	Botafogo
—	3MF	Jaime de Almeida	(1920-08-28)28 August 1920 (aged 24)	2	0	Flamengo
—	3MF	Jair	(1921-03-21)21 March 1921 (aged 23)	7	4	Vasco da Gama
—	4FW	Jorginho	(1924-05-30)30 May 1924 (aged 20)	0	0	America-RJ
—	1GK	Jurandir	(1913-04-26)26 April 1913 (aged 31)	5	0	Flamengo
—	2DF	Newton	(1917-06-04)4 June 1917 (aged 27)	0	0	Flamengo
—	2DF	Norival	(1917-06-05)5 June 1917 (aged 27)	7	0	Fluminense
—	1GK	Oberdan	(1919-06-12)12 June 1919 (aged 25)	2	0	Palmeiras
—	4FW	Pedro Amorim	(1919-10-13)13 October 1919 (aged 25)	7	3	Fluminense
—	3MF	Rui Campos	(1922-08-02)2 August 1922 (aged 22)	2	1	São Paulo
—	4FW	Servilio	(1914-04-15)15 April 1914 (aged 30)	4	1	Corinthians
—	4FW	Tesourinha	(1921-12-03)3 December 1921 (aged 23)	1	1	Internacional
—	4FW	Vevé	(1918-03-14)14 March 1918 (aged 26)	0	0	Flamengo
—	3MF	Zezé Procopio	(1913-08-12)12 August 1913 (aged 31)	12	0	São Paulo
—	3MF	Zizinho	(1921-09-14)14 September 1921 (aged 23)	5	2	Flamengo

Head Coach: Franz Platko

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	3MF	Juan Alcántara	(1920-03-06)6 March 1920 (aged 24)	0	0	Audax Italiano
—	4FW	Benito Armingol	(1919-09-07)7 September 1919 (aged 25)	6	1	Unión Española
—	3MF	Carlos Ataglich	(1915-09-21)21 September 1915 (aged 29)	0	0	Bádminton
—	3MF	Florencio Barrera	(1915-06-06)6 June 1915 (aged 29)	4	0	Magallanes
—	3MF	Miguel Busquets	(1920-10-15)15 October 1920 (aged 24)	0	0	Universidad de Chile
—	3MF	Mario Castro	(1923-09-23)23 September 1923 (aged 21)	0	0	Santiago Morning
—	3MF	Guillermo Clavero	(1921-10-10)10 October 1921 (aged 23)	0	0	Everton
—	3MF	Armando Contreras	(1919-06-15)15 June 1919 (aged 25)	8	2	Colo-Colo
—	4FW	Atilio Cremaschi	(1923-03-08)8 March 1923 (aged 21)	0	0	Unión Española
—	3MF	Francisco Hormazábal	(1920-07-04)4 July 1920 (aged 24)	0	0	Colo-Colo
—	2DF	Víctor Klein	(1917-10-02)2 October 1917 (aged 27)	0	0	Santiago Morning
—	2DF	Francisco Las Heras	(1914-07-03)3 July 1914 (aged 30)	2	0	Magallanes
—	1GK	Sergio Livingstone	(1920-03-26)26 March 1920 (aged 24)	8	0	Universidad Católica
—	4FW	Desiderio Medina	(1919-10-10)10 October 1919 (aged 25)	1	0	Santiago National
—	3MF	José Pastenes	(1915-07-10)10 July 1915 (aged 29)	8	0	Colo-Colo
—	3MF	Manuel Piñero	(1920-08-20)20 August 1920 (aged 24)	0	0	Audax Italiano
—	2DF	Humberto Roa	(1912-02-21)21 February 1912 (aged 32)	11	0	Audax Italiano
—	2DF	Jorge Vásquez	(1922-05-09)9 May 1922 (aged 22)	0	0	Colo-Colo
—	4FW	Erasmo Vera	(1923-03-13)13 March 1923 (aged 21)	0	0	Santiago Morning

Head Coach: Roberto Meléndez (also participated as footballer)

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	1GK	Andrés Acosta		0	0	Deportivo Santa Marta
—	1GK	Humberto Arbeláez		0	0	Juventud de Barranquilla
—	4FW	Fulgencio Berdugo	(1918-06-14)14 June 1918 (aged 26)	0	0	Junior
—	3MF	Antonio de la Hoz	1920 (aged 25) (1920)	0	0	Sporting de Barranquilla
—	4FW	Lancáster de León		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Roberto Gámez		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Luis González Rubio		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Rafael Granados		0	0	Junior
—	3MF	Isidro Joliani		1	0	Junior
—	2DF	Pedro Ricardo López	1912 (aged 33) (1912)	3	0	Boca Juniors de Cali
—	2DF	Lucas Martínez		0	0	Sporting de Barranquilla
—	2DF	Gabriel Mejía		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Marcos Mejía		2	2	Junior
—	4FW	Roberto Meléndez	(1912-03-31)31 March 1912 (aged 32)	1	0	Junior
—	4FW	Arturo Mendoza		0	0	Junior
—	2DF	Juan Navarro		0	0	Real Madrid Santa Marta
—	2DF	Humberto Picalúa		1	0	Junior
—	3MF	Juan Quintero		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Carlos Recio		0	0	Junior
—	4FW	Juan de Jesús Zapata	(1916-09-03)3 September 1916 (aged 28)	2	0	Junior

Head Coach: Rodolfo Orlandini

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4FW	Pedro Acevedo	(1915-06-25)25 June 1915 (aged 29)	6	0	Aucas
—	4FW	Víctor Aguayo		0	0	Aucas
—	4FW	Luis Albán		0	0	Tungurahua
—	4FW	Guillermo Albornoz	(1923-08-30)30 August 1923 (aged 21)	0	0	Sociedad Deportiva Argentina
—	4FW	Enrique Álvarez	(1920-01-18)18 January 1920 (aged 24)	6	1	Emelec
—	3MF	Carlos Garnica	(1917-09-23)23 September 1917 (aged 27)	1	0	Aucas
—	2DF	Jorge Henríques	(1921-09-02)2 September 1921 (aged 23)	0	0	Green Cross
—	4FW	José María Jiménez	(1921-07-22)22 July 1921 (aged 23)	6	2	Patria
—	1GK	Napoleón Medina	(1919-11-26)26 November 1919 (aged 25)	6	0	Patria
—	3MF	Eloy Mejía		0	0	Aucas
—	4FW	José Luis Mendoza		1	0	Emelec
—	3MF	Luis Antonio Mendoza	(1914-08-25)25 August 1914 (aged 30)	10	2	Emelec
—	4FW	Luis Montenegro		0	0	Aucas
—	4FW	Enrique Raymondi		4	0	Patria
—	1GK	Víctor Suárez	(1921-07-27)27 July 1921 (aged 23)	0	0
—		Luis Valverde		0	0
—		José Vascónez		0	0
—	2DF	Francisco Villagómez		0	0
—	2DF	Félix Leyton Zurita	(1921-11-22)22 November 1921 (aged 23)	0	0	Barcelona S.C.

Head Coach: José Nasazzi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	1GK	Juan José Carvidón	(1917-08-18)18 August 1917 (aged 27)	3	0	Montevideo Wanderers
—	4FW	Luis Ernesto Castro	(1921-07-31)31 July 1921 (aged 23)	9	4	Nacional
—	3MF	José Pedro Colturi		1	0	Peñarol
—	4FW	Nicolás Falero	(1921-01-11)11 January 1921 (aged 24)	0	0	Central Español
—	3MF	Schubert Gambetta	(1920-04-14)14 April 1920 (aged 24)	8	1	Nacional
—	4FW	Atilio García	(1914-08-26)26 August 1914 (aged 30)	0	0	Nacional
—	3MF	José García	(1926-02-21)21 February 1926 (aged 18)	0	0	Defensor Sporting
—	1GK	Roque Máspoli	(1917-10-12)12 October 1917 (aged 27)	0	0	Peñarol
—	4FW	José María Ortíz		0	0	Peñarol
—	2DF	Raúl Pini	(1923-06-02)2 June 1923 (aged 21)	0	0	Nacional
—	4FW	Roberto Porta	(1913-06-07)7 June 1913 (aged 31)	21	7	Nacional
—	2DF	Agustín Prado		1	0	Peñarol
—	4FW	Juan Riephoff	(1922-02-27)27 February 1922 (aged 22)	4	1	Rampla Juniors
—	4FW	Juan Santiago		0	0	Liverpool
—	3MF	Raúl Sarro		0	0	Defensor Sporting
—	2DF	Eusebio Tejera	(1922-01-06)6 January 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	River Plate
—	3MF	Obdulio Varela	(1917-09-20)20 September 1917 (aged 27)	14	2	Peñarol
—	3MF	General Viana	(1913-12-03)3 December 1913 (aged 31)	0	0	Nacional
—	4FW	Bibiano Zapirain	(1919-12-02)2 December 1919 (aged 25)	10	4	Nacional