Roberto Figueroa
{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (1904-1989)}}
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| fullname = Roberto Figueroa
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1904|03|20}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1989|01|24|1904|03|20}}
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| position = Midfielder
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| years1 = 1921–1927
| clubs1 = Rampla Juniors
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| years2 = 1928–1933
| clubs2 = Montevideo Wanderers
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| nationalyears1 = 1921–1933
| nationalteam1 = Uruguay
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 6
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{{MedalSport | Men's Football}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1928 Amsterdam | Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|South American Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|1927 Peru|National Team}}
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Roberto Figueroa (20 March 1904 – 24 January 1989) was a Uruguayan footballer who played for the Uruguay national team. He was a member of the squad which won the gold medal in 1928 Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27658 |title=Roberto Figueroa |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}}
Career
Born in Montevideo, Figueroa played club football for Montevideo Wanderers, where he won two league titles while scoring 75 goals in 331 matches. He was inducted into the club's hall of fame in 2009.{{cite web|publisher=MWFC.com.uy |author=Paredes, Dr. Manuel |title=Salón de la fama Nº 04: Roberto Figueroa |url=http://www.mwfc.com.uy/data/contenido.php?idCont=454 |language=Spanish |date=19 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617201251/http://www.mwfc.com.uy/data/contenido.php?idCont=454 |archivedate=17 June 2013 }}
Figueroa made nine appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1921 to 1933.{{cite web|author=Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando |title=Uruguay - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html |date=25 April 2013 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628200526/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html |archivedate=28 June 2011 }}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070826222405/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FIGUEROB01 Roberto Figueroa at databaseOlympics.com]
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Category:Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
Category:Footballers from Montevideo
Category:Uruguayan men's footballers
Category:Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic footballers for Uruguay
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Uruguay
Category:Uruguay men's international footballers
Category:Uruguayan Primera División players
Category:Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Club Nacional de Football players
Category:Olympic medalists in football
Category:Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Rampla Juniors players
Category:20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen
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