Atilio Ancheta

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1948)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Ancheta|Weigel|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Atilio Ancheta

| image = Atilio Ancheta.jpg

| caption = Ancheta in 1970

| fullname = Atilio Genaro Ancheta Weigel

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|7|19}}

| birth_place = Florida, Uruguay

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| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1965–1971

| years2 = 1971–1979

| years3 = 1980–1981

| years4 = 1982–1983

| clubs1 = Nacional

| clubs2 = Grêmio

| clubs3 = Millonarios

| clubs4 = Nacional

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 164

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| goals2 = 7

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| nationalyears1 = 1969–1971

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay

| nationalcaps1 = 20[http://www.11v11.com/players/atilio-ancheta-91503/ 11v11.com]; Atilio Ancheta

| nationalgoals1 = 2

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Atilio Genaro Ancheta Weigel (born 19 July 1948) is a singer and former footballer from Uruguay, who played for the national team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.{{FIFA player|45566|Atilio Ancheta}} He was a defender and spent most of his career with Grêmio Football Porto-Alegrense, appearing in 164 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches.{{cite web|publisher=Globo Esporte|title=Futpédia: Ancheta (Atilio Genaro Ancheta)|url=http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/ancheta|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2009-07-21| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090627030517/http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/ancheta| archivedate= 27 June 2009 | url-status= live}} In 1973, he received the Brazilian Bola de Ouro award.

Ancheta made 20 appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1969 to 1971.{{cite web|author=Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando |title=Uruguay - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html |date=2009-05-01 |accessdate=2009-07-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605163643/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html |archivedate=5 June 2009 |website=RSSSF |url-status=live }}

In 2022, Ancheta was a contestant at the Brazilian talent show The Voice +.