Francisco Urroz
Personal information
Full name Francisco Urroz Martínez
Date of birth (1920-12-14)14 December 1920
Place of birth Higuerote, Venezuela
Date of death 22 January 1992(1992-01-22) (aged 71)
Place of death Concón, Chile
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940–1944 Unión Española
1945–1950 Colo-Colo
International career
1947-1950 Chile 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Urroz Martínez (14 December 1920 – 22 January 1992) was a Chilean football defender.

Club career

Urroz played for Unión Española, becoming team captain and won the 1947 Primera División de Chile along with Colo-Colo.[1][2]

International career

Urroz made 11 appearances for the Chile national team,[3] playing also in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[4]

Personal life

Urroz was born in Higuerote, Venezuela. He died in Concón on 22 January 1992, at the age of 71. He was the father of the tennis player Silvana Urroz and grandfather of both the field hockey player Manuela Urroz - who also played football at youth categories for Unión Española - and the rugby union player and doctor Francisco Urroz.[2]

Honours

Unión Española
Colo-Colo

References

  1. ↑ "Francisco Urroz Martínez". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 Vergara, Matías (29 July 2019). "El clan Urroz llega a Lima: un lazo indestructible con el deporte". AS Chile (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Francisco Urroz". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  4. ↑ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Archived October 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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