Guillermo Escalada

{{Short description|Uruguayan footballer (1936–2023)}}

{{family name hatnote|Escalada|Píriz|lang=Spanish}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Guillermo Escalada

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| fullname = Guillermo Escalada Píriz https://atilio.uy/jugadores:644 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|04|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Uruguay

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|6|21|1936|04|24|df=y}}

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| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1954–1963 | clubs1 = Nacional| caps1 = 289 |goals1 = 116

| years2 = 1964–1966 | clubs2 = Gimnasia de La Plata| caps2 = 26 |goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1966–1967 | clubs3 = Montevideo Wanderers| caps3 = |goals3 =

| nationalyears1 = 1955–1962 | nationalteam1 = Uruguay| nationalcaps1 = 30 | nationalgoals1 = 11

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{{MedalSport | Men's football}}

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{{MedalCompetition|South American Championship}}

{{Medal|W|1956 Uruguay|}}

{{Medal|W|1959 Ecuador|}}

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Guillermo Escalada Píriz (24 April 1936 – 21 June 2023) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070630201349/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/teams/team=43930.html 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile]

He was part of Uruguay’s squad

for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, though he was an unused substitute.{{cite web |title=1962 FIFA World Cup Chile |url=http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/teams/team=43930.html |website=FIFA |access-date=7 February 2024 |archive-date=17 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017114515/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/teams/team=43930.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}

He also played in 4 editions of the Copa America : 1955,{{cite web |title=South American Championship 1955 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/55safull.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=7 February 2024}} 1956,{{cite web |title=South American Championship 1956 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/56safull.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=7 February 2024}} 1959 (Argentina),{{cite web |title=South American Championship 1959 (1st Tournament) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/59-1safull.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=7 February 2024}} and 1959 (Ecuador),{{cite web |title=South American Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/59-2safull.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=7 February 2024}} winning two times the competition.