Ubaldo Cruche

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Ubaldo Cruche

|image = Ubaldo Cruche, Estadio, 1945-06-15 (109).jpg

|alt = Image of Ubaldo Cruche from June 15, 1945

|caption = Cruche with Universidad de Chile in 1945

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|5|25|mf=yes}}

|birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

|death_date = {{Death year and age|1988|1920}}

|death_place =

|position = Forward

|years1 = 1938–1944

|clubs1 = Peñarol

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1945–1948

|clubs2 = Universidad de Chile

|caps2 = 48

|goals2 = 43

|totalcaps =

|totalgoals =

|nationalyears1 = 1941

|nationalteam1 = Uruguay{{cite web |title=Ubaldo Cruche - AUF |url=https://auf.org.uy/ubaldo-cruche/ |website=auf.org.uy |access-date=22 March 2024 |language=es}}

|nationalcaps1 = 2

|nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Ubaldo Cruche (May 25, 1920 – 1988) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward for clubs in both Uruguay and Chile as well as for the Uruguay national team in the Copa América 1941. He was born in Montevideo in May 1920 and died in 1988.[https://www.labullanguera.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Libro-U-90-años.pdf Club Universidad de Chile: 90 años]

Career

Peñarol 1938–1944
Universidad de Chile 1945–1948

During his stint with Universidad de Chile, Cruche scored 44 goals in 48 appearances.{{cite book |last1=Azul Azul S.A. |title=90 AÑOS 1927 – 2017 MÁS QUE UNA PASIÓN |date=April 2017 |publisher=Ediciones Babieca |location=Santiago, Chile |pages=44 |edition=1 |url=https://pdfcoffee.com/libro-u-90-anos-1pdf-pdf-free.html |access-date=22 March 2024 |language=es |format=PDF}}