1957 South American Championship squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1957 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. Bolivia and Paraguay 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.^[1]^[2]

Argentina

Head Coach: Guillermo Stábile

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Antonio Roma	(1932-07-13)13 July 1932 (aged 24)	Ferro Carril Oeste
1GK	Rogelio Antonio Domínguez	(1931-03-09)9 March 1931 (aged 25)	Racing Club
2DF	Néstor Raul Rossi	(1925-05-10)10 May 1925 (aged 31)	River Plate
2DF	Pedro Rodolfo Dellacha	(1926-07-09)9 July 1926 (aged 30)	Racing Club
2DF	Juan Giménez	(1927-02-16)16 February 1927 (aged 30)	Racing Club
2DF	Federico Vairo	(1930-01-27)27 January 1930 (aged 27)	River Plate
2DF	Ángel Schandlein	(1930-08-12)12 August 1930 (aged 26)	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
3MF	Jorge Benegas	(1923-04-10)10 April 1923 (aged 33)	San Lorenzo
3MF	Juan Hector Guidi	(1930-07-04)4 July 1930 (aged 26)	Lanús
3MF	Osvaldo Hector Cruz	(1931-05-29)29 May 1931 (aged 25)	Independiente
3MF	Héctor De Bourgoing	(1934-07-23)23 July 1934 (aged 22)	River Plate
3MF	David Iñigo	(1934-06-16)16 June 1934 (aged 22)	San Lorenzo
3MF	Oscar Mantegari	(1928-10-20)20 October 1928 (aged 28)	River Plate
3MF	Federico Pizarro	(1927-01-01)1 January 1927 (aged 30)	San Lorenzo
4FW	Humberto Maschio	(1937-02-20)20 February 1937 (aged 20)	Racing Club
4FW	José Sanfilippo	(1935-05-04)4 May 1935 (aged 21)	San Lorenzo
4FW	Roberto Brookes	(1938-01-01)1 January 1938 (aged 19)	Chacarita Juniors
4FW	Juan Alberto Castro	(1933-07-13)13 July 1933 (aged 23)	Rosario Central
4FW	Omar Oreste Corbatta	(1936-03-11)11 March 1936 (aged 20)	Racing Club
4FW	Miguel Juárez	(1931-09-29)29 September 1931 (aged 25)	Rosario Central
4FW	Enrique Omar Sívori	(1935-10-02)2 October 1935 (aged 21)	River Plate
4FW	Antonio Valentin Angelillo	(1937-09-05)5 September 1937 (aged 19)	Boca Juniors

Brazil

Head Coach: Osvaldo Brandão

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Gilmar	(1930-08-22)22 August 1930 (aged 26)	Corinthians
1GK	Édgar [pl]	(1932-08-26)26 August 1932 (aged 24)	América (MG)
1GK	Carlos Castilho	(1927-11-27)27 November 1927 (aged 29)	Fluminense
2DF	Nílton Santos	(1925-05-16)16 May 1925 (aged 31)	Botafogo
2DF	Olavo	(1927-11-09)9 November 1927 (aged 29)	Corinthians
2DF	Oreco	(1932-06-13)13 June 1932 (aged 24)	Corinthians
2DF	Paulinho	(1932-04-15)15 April 1932 (aged 24)	Vasco da Gama
2DF	Djalma Santos	(1929-02-23)23 February 1929 (aged 28)	Portuguesa
2DF	Hilderaldo Bellini	(1930-06-07)7 June 1930 (aged 26)	Vasco da Gama
2DF	Édson	(1933-03-19)19 March 1933 (aged 23)	América (RJ)
2DF	Zózimo	(1932-06-19)19 June 1932 (aged 24)	Bangu
3MF	Cláudio	(1922-07-18)18 July 1922 (aged 34)	São Paulo
3MF	Didi	(1928-10-08)8 October 1928 (aged 28)	Botafogo
3MF	Dino Sani	(1932-05-23)23 May 1932 (aged 24)	São Paulo
3MF	Roberto Belangero	(1928-06-28)28 June 1928 (aged 28)	Corinthians
3MF	Zito	(1932-08-08)8 August 1932 (aged 24)	Santos
4FW	Evaristo	(1933-07-22)22 July 1933 (aged 23)	Flamengo
4FW	Garrincha	(1933-10-28)28 October 1933 (aged 23)	Botafogo
4FW	Índio	(1931-03-01)1 March 1931 (aged 26)	Flamengo
4FW	Joel	(1931-11-23)23 November 1931 (aged 25)	Flamengo
4FW	Pepe	(1935-02-25)25 February 1935 (aged 22)	Santos
4FW	Zizinho	(1921-09-14)14 September 1921 (aged 35)	Bangu

Chile

Head Coach: José Salerno

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Misael Escuti	(1928-12-20)20 December 1928 (aged 28)	Colo Colo
1GK	Francisco Nitsche	(1930-11-04)4 November 1930 (aged 26)	Unión Española
2DF	Mario Torres		Audax Italiano
3MF	Rodolfo Almeyda		Palestino
2DF	Caupolicán Peña	(1930-09-15)15 September 1930 (aged 26)	Colo Colo
2DF	Isaac Carrasco	(1928-08-12)12 August 1928 (aged 28)	Colo Colo
2DF	Carlos Cubillos	(1929-12-25)25 December 1929 (aged 27)	Unión Española
3MF	Ramiro Cortés		Audax Italiano
3MF	Daniel Morales		Magallanes
3MF	Gonzalo Carrasco		Green Cross
3MF	Mario Ortiz	(1936-01-28)28 January 1936 (aged 21)	Palestino
3MF	Sergio Valdés	(1933-03-09)9 March 1933 (aged 23)	Magallanes
4FW	Sergio Espinoza		Audax Italiano
4FW	José Fernández		Palestino
4FW	Jesús Picó		Santiago Wanderers
4FW	Andrés Prieto	(1928-12-19)19 December 1928 (aged 28)	Universidad Católica
4FW	Jaime Ramírez	(1931-08-14)14 August 1931 (aged 25)	Colo Colo
4FW	George Robledo	(1926-04-14)14 April 1926 (aged 30)	Colo Colo
4FW	Leonel Sánchez	(1936-04-25)25 April 1936 (aged 20)	Universidad de Chile
4FW	Carlos Tello		Audax Italiano
4FW	Carlos Verdejo		Deportes La Serena
4FW	Raúl Águila		Audax Italiano

Colombia

Head Coach: Pedro López

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
—	1GK	Ingerman Benítez		América
—	1GK	Efraín Sánchez	(1926-02-26)26 February 1926 (aged 31)	Independiente Medellín
—	2DF	Faustino Abadía		América
—	2DF	Ricardo Díaz [es]	(1932-08-07)7 August 1932 (aged 24)	Atlético Quindío
—	2DF	Rodolfo Escobar		América
—	2DF	Francisco Zuluaga	(1929-02-02)2 February 1929 (aged 28)	Millonarios
—	3MF	Humberto Álvarez	(1929-06-13)13 June 1929 (aged 27)	Atlético Nacional
—	3MF	Luis Alberto Rubio [es]	(1929-02-28)28 February 1929 (aged 28)	Millonarios
—	3MF	Israel Sánchez		América
—	3MF	Jaime Silva	(1935-10-10)10 October 1935 (aged 21)	Santa Fe
—	3MF	Rogelio Sinisterra		Deportivo Pereira
—	3MF	Roaldo Viáfara	(1926-05-23)23 May 1926 (aged 30)	América
—	4FW	Julio Andrade		Cúcuta Deportivo
—	4FW	Julio Aragón [es]	(1927-07-18)18 July 1927 (aged 29)	América
—	4FW	Carlos Arango	(1928-01-31)31 January 1928 (aged 29)	Santa Fe
—	4FW	Alejandro Carrillo	(1931-02-22)22 February 1931 (aged 26)	Atlético Quindío
—	4FW	Delio Gamboa	(1936-01-28)28 January 1936 (aged 21)	Atlético Nacional
—	4FW	Jaime Gutiérrez	(1930-02-28)28 February 1930 (aged 27)	Independiente Medellín
—	4FW	Guillermo Mendoza		América
—	4FW	Lauro Mosquera		Barcelona
—	4FW	Luis Alberto Valencia		Deportivo Manizales

Ecuador

Head Coach: Eduardo Spandre

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Cipriano Yu Lee	(1933-09-16)16 September 1933 (aged 23)	Emelec
1GK	Alfredo Bonnard [ca]	(1931-11-03)3 November 1931 (aged 25)	Barcelona
2DF	Raúl Argüello	(1936-05-01)1 May 1936 (aged 20)	Emelec
2DF	Honorato Gonzabay	(1929-12-29)29 December 1929 (aged 27)	Unión Valdez
2DF	Luciano Macías	(1935-05-28)28 May 1935 (aged 21)	Barcelona
2DF	Ezio Martínez	(1930-09-11)11 September 1930 (aged 26)	Patria
2DF	Carlos Sánchez	(1922-07-15)15 July 1922 (aged 34)	Barcelona
3MF	Rómulo Gómez	(1934-06-06)6 June 1934 (aged 22)	Emelec
3MF	Jaime Galarza	(1934-11-07)7 November 1934 (aged 22)	Patria
3MF	Julio Caisaguano	(1931-05-12)12 May 1931 (aged 25)	Unión Valdez
3MF	Daniel Pinto [es]	(1929-07-15)15 July 1929 (aged 27)	Emelec
3MF	César Solorzano		Barcelona
4FW	Enrique Cantos [es]	(1936-02-05)5 February 1936 (aged 21)	Barcelona
4FW	Clímaco Cañarte	(1933-09-16)16 September 1933 (aged 23)	Barcelona
4FW	José Balseca	(1933-07-18)18 July 1933 (aged 23)	Emelec
4FW	Jorge Larraz [es]	(1937-04-12)12 April 1937 (aged 19)	Emelec
4FW	Isidro Matute [es]	(1930-05-10)10 May 1930 (aged 26)	Barcelona
4FW	Antonio Colón Merizalde	(1931-05-10)10 May 1931 (aged 25)	Patria
4FW	Júpiter Miranda	(1926-12-27)27 December 1926 (aged 30)	Emelec
4FW	Hugo Pardo	(1930-09-17)17 September 1930 (aged 26)	Unión Valdez
4FW	Gonzalo Salcedo	(1935-04-26)26 April 1935 (aged 21)	Barcelona
4FW	José Vargas [es]	(1924-12-19)19 December 1924 (aged 32)	Barcelona

Peru

Head Coach: György Orth

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Rigoberto Felandro	(1924-01-04)4 January 1924 (aged 33)	Sport Boys
1GK	Rafael Asca [es]	(1924-10-24)24 October 1924 (aged 32)	Sporting Cristal
2DF	Víctor Salas [es]		Universitario
2DF	Víctor Benítez	(1936-10-30)30 October 1936 (aged 20)	Alianza
2DF	Alfredo Cavero [es]	(1923-04-16)16 April 1923 (aged 33)	Sporting Cristal
2DF	Guillermo Delgado	(1931-02-11)11 February 1931 (aged 26)	Alianza
2DF	Guillermo Fleming		Municipal
2DF	René Gutiérrez		Universitario
3MF	Dante Rovay [es]	(1928-06-10)10 June 1928 (aged 28)	Universitario
3MF	Luis Calderón	(1929-06-17)17 June 1929 (aged 27)	Sport Boys
3MF	Mario Minaya		Universitario
4FW	Máximo Mosquera	(1928-01-08)8 January 1928 (aged 29)	Sporting Cristal
4FW	Manuel Rivera	(1922-05-15)15 May 1922 (aged 34)	Sport Boys
4FW	Juan Joya	(1934-02-25)25 February 1934 (aged 23)	Alianza
4FW	Carlos Lazón [es]	(1929-10-05)5 October 1929 (aged 27)	Alianza
4FW	Valeriano López	(1926-05-04)4 May 1926 (aged 30)	Alianza
4FW	Daniel Ruiz [es]	(1933-09-16)16 September 1933 (aged 23)	Universitario
4FW	Roberto Castillo		Alianza
4FW	Juan Seminario	(1936-07-22)22 July 1936 (aged 20)	Municipal
4FW	Juan Bassa		Sport Boys
4FW	Jacinto Villalba [es]	(1924-02-08)8 February 1924 (aged 33)	Universitario
4FW	Alberto Terry	(1929-05-16)16 May 1929 (aged 27)	Universitario

Uruguay

Head Coach: Juan López

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Walter Taibo	(1931-03-07)7 March 1931 (aged 26)	Nacional
1GK	Roger Bernardico		Cerro
2DF	José Santamaría	(1929-07-31)31 July 1929 (aged 27)	Nacional
2DF	Walter Marichal		Nacional
2DF	Carlos Correa		Danubio
2DF	Roque Fernández		Rampla Juniors
3MF	Jesús Mario Castro [es]		Sud América
3MF	Luis Alberto Miramontes	(1928-12-15)15 December 1928 (aged 28)	Defensor
3MF	Néstor Gonçalves	(1936-04-27)27 April 1936 (aged 20)	Peñarol
3MF	Edgardo González	(1936-09-30)30 September 1936 (aged 20)	Liverpool
3MF	José Lescano		Danubio
4FW	Ariel Fernández [it]		Cerro
4FW	Omar Méndez	(1934-08-07)7 August 1934 (aged 22)	Nacional
4FW	Rodolfo Pippo		Cerro
4FW	Walter Roque	(1937-05-08)8 May 1937 (aged 19)	Rampla Juniors
4FW	Luis Campero		Liverpool
4FW	Carlos Carranza		Cerro
4FW	José Sasía	(1933-12-27)27 December 1933 (aged 23)	Defensor
4FW	Javier Ambrois	(1932-05-09)9 May 1932 (aged 24)	Nacional
2DF	Valentín Percíncula		Cerro
2DF	Oscar Vilariño		Cerro

References

^ "Copa América 1957 Peru » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "South American Championship 1957". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[1] "Copa América 1957 Peru » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[2] "South American Championship 1957". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

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