1949 South American Championship squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1949 South American Championship. The participating countries were Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Argentina withdrew from the tournament. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.[1][2]
Bolivia
Head Coach: 
Félix Deheza
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| — | DF | Alberto Achá | 3 April 1920 (aged 29) | 16 | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} The Strongest
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| — | FW | Víctor Celestino Algarañaz | 6 April 1926 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Club Litoral
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| — | MF | Carlos Arias | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar
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| — | GK | Vicente Arraya | 25 January 1922 (aged 27) | 16 | 0 | The Strongest
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| — | DF | José Bustamante | 5 March 1921 (aged 28) | 11 | 0 | Club Litoral
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| — | MF | René Cabrera | 21 October 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Jorge Wilstermann
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| — | DF | Armando Delgadillo | 0 | 0 |
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| — | MF | Leonardo Ferrel | 7 July 1923 (aged 25) | 4 | 0 | The Strongest
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| — | FW | Benedicto Godoy | 28 July 1924 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario
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| — | FW | Benigno Gutiérrez | 1 September 1925 (aged 23) | 5 | 2 | Club Litoral
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| — | GK | Eduardo Gutiérrez | 17 January 1925 (aged 24) | 4 | 0 | CD Ingavi
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| — | FW | Benjamin Maldonado | 4 January 1928 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Club San José
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| — | FW | Mario Mena | 28 July 1928 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar
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| — | MF | Humberto Montaño | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar
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| — | FW | Nemesio Rojas | 0 | 0 |
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| — | FW | Armando Tapia | 22 January 1922 (aged 27) | 13 | 1 | Club Ferroviario
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| — | FW | Víctor Ugarte | 5 May 1926 (aged 22) | 6 | 0 | Club Bolívar
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| — | MF | Antonio Valencia | 10 May 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Club Litoral
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Brazil
Head Coach: 
Flavio Costa
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | FW | Ademir | 8 November 1922 (aged 26) | 17 | 8 | Vasco da Gama
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| — | DF | Augusto | 22 October 1920 (aged 28) | 4 | 0 | Vasco da Gama
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| — | GK | Barbosa | 27 March 1921 (aged 28) | 2 | 0 | Vasco da Gama
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| — | MF | José Carlos Bauer | 21 November 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | São Paulo
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| — | DF | Bigode | 4 April 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Fluminense
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| — | FW | Canhotinho | 15 July 1924 (aged 24) | 2 | 1 | Palmeiras
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| — | FW | Cláudio Pinho | 18 July 1922 (aged 26) | 6 | 1 | Corinthians
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| — | MF | Danilo | 3 December 1920 (aged 28) | 7 | 1 | Vasco da Gama
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| — | MF | Ely | 14 May 1921 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Vasco da Gama
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| — | MF | Jair | 21 March 1921 (aged 28) | 22 | 11 | Flamengo
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| — | DF | Mauro Ramos | 30 August 1930 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | São Paulo
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| — | DF | Nílton Santos | 16 May 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Botafogo
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| — | FW | Nininho | 6 November 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Portuguesa
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| — | DF | Noronha | 25 November 1918 (aged 30) | 6 | 0 | São Paulo
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| — | MF | Octávio Moraes | 9 July 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Botafogo
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| — | FW | Orlando | 4 December 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Fluminense
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| — | GK | Oswaldo Baliza | 9 October 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Botafogo
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| — | DF | Rui Campos | 2 February 1922 (aged 27) | 21 | 2 | São Paulo
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| — | FW | Simão | 16 March 1928 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Portuguesa
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| — | FW | Tesourinha | 3 December 1921 (aged 27) | 15 | 3 | Internacional
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| — | DF | Wilson | 21 December 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Vasco da Gama
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| — | MF | Zizinho | 14 September 1921 (aged 27) | 21 | 12 | Flamengo
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Chile
Head Coach: 
Luis Tirado
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DF | Manuel Álvarez | 23 May 1928 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Universidad Católica
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| — | DF | Miguel Busquets | 15 October 1920 (aged 28) | 10 | 1 | Universidad de Chile
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| — | FW | Mario Castro | 23 September 1923 (aged 25) | 6 | 0 | Colo Colo
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| — | FW | Atilio Cremaschi | 8 March 1923 (aged 26) | 6 | 3 | Unión Española
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| — | DF | Miguel Flores | 11 October 1920 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Magallanes
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| — | FW | Francisco Hormazábal | 4 July 1920 (aged 28) | 4 | 1 | Green Cross
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| — | FW | Raimundo Infante | 2 February 1928 (aged 21) | 5 | 1 | Universidad Católica
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| — | GK | Sergio Livingstone | 26 March 1920 (aged 29) | 21 | 0 | Universidad Católica
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| — | FW | Luis López | 1 January 1924 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Magallanes
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| — | FW | Pedro Hugo López | 25 October 1927 (aged 21) | 7 | 3 | Universidad de Chile
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| — | DF | Manuel Machuca | 31 May 1924 (aged 24) | 7 | 0 | Colo Colo
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| — | MF | Gilberto Muñoz | 23 January 1923 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo
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| — | DF | Juan Negri | 5 January 1925 (aged 24) | 6 | 0 | Universidad de Chile
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| — | FW | Andrés Prieto | 19 December 1928 (aged 20) | 4 | 1 | Universidad Católica
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| — | DF | Ulises Ramos | 4 November 1919 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Universidad de Chile
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| — | FW | Fernando Riera | 27 June 1920 (aged 28) | 10 | 2 | Universidad Católica
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| — | MF | Carlos Rojas | 2 October 1928 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Unión Española
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| — | FW | Manuel Salamanca | 29 July 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Magallanes
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| — | DF | Francisco Urroz | 14 December 1920 (aged 28) | 5 | 0 | Colo Colo
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| — | FW | Carlos Varela | 2 January 1918 (aged 31) | 6 | 1 | Audax Italiano
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Colombia
Head Coach: 
Friedrich Donnenfeld
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | FW | Luis Apolinario | 0 | 0 |  Junior
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| — | FW | Fulgencio Berdugo | 14 June 1918 (aged 30) | 6 | 2 | Junior
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| — | FW | Octavio Carrillo | 3 | 0 | Junior
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| — | MF | Luz Gastelbondo | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | FW | Lancáster de León | 3 | 0 | Junior
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| — | FW | Rigoberto García | 5 | 0 | Junior
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| — | FW | Luis González Rubio | 10 | 2 | Junior
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| — | MF | Casimiro Guerra | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | MF | Emiliano Gutiérrez | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | DF | Mario Marriaga | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | DF | Gabriel Mejía | 11 | 0 | Junior
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| — | MF | Guillermo Muñoz | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | GK | Dagoberto Ojeda | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | FW | Alfonso Pedraza | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | FW | Alfredo Pérez | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | FW | Nelson Pérez | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | DF | Humberto Picalúa | 10 | 0 | Junior
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| — | FW | Octavio Ruiz | 4 | 0 | Junior
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| — | GK | Efraín Sánchez | 26 February 1926 (aged 23) | 7 | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} San Lorenzo
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| — | FW | Arturo Ucrós | 0 | 0 | Junior
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Ecuador
Head Coach: 
José Planas
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DF | Bolívar Andrade | 0 | 0 |  Barcelona SC
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| — | FW | Guido Andrade | 8 July 1926 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC
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| — | FW | Víctor Arteaga | 30 April 1921 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Norte América
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| — | DF | Marcos Bermeo | 0 | 0 | Aucas
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| — | FW | Enrique Cantos | 18 January 1925 (aged 24) | 3 | 0 | Barcelona SC
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| — | MF | Jorge Cantos | 17 May 1924 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC
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| — | GK | Luis Alfredo Carrillo | 3 November 1920 (aged 28) | 2 | 0 | Macará
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| — | FW | Sigifredo Chuchuca | 16 March 1925 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC
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| — | FW | César Garnica | 22 November 1919 (aged 29) | 5 | 1 | Aucas
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| — | FW | José María Jiménez | 22 July 1921 (aged 27) | 13 | 4 | Emelec
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| — | DF | Mario Lovato | 21 June 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Aucas
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| — | FW | Rafael Maldonado | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Quito
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| — | MF | Heráclides Marín | 5 | 0 | Barcelona SC
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| — | FW | Gonzalo Pozo | 27 May 1925 (aged 23) | 6 | 0 | Aucas
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| — | MF | Ricardo Riveros | 5 | 0 | Emelec
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| — | MF | Hernán Salgado | 0 | 0 | LDU Quito
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| — | DF | Carlos Sánchez | 15 July 1922 (aged 26) | 2 | 0 | Barcelona SC
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| — | FW | Marcos Spencer | 4 October 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Panamá
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| — | GK | Félix Torres | 2 May 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC
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| — | MF | Luis Torres | 0 | 0 | Aucas
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| — | FW | José Vargas | 19 December 1924 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Barcelona SC
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| — | MF | Luis Vásquez | 0 | 0 | LDU Quito
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Paraguay
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Manuel Fleitas Solich
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | FW | Dionisio Arce | 14 June 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 |  Sportivo Luqueño
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| — | FW | Enrique Avalos | 1922 (aged 27) | 4 | 1 | Cerro Porteño
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| — | FW | Marcial Barrios | 26 June 1919 (aged 29) | 9 | 5 | Olimpia
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| — | FW | Jorge Duilio Benítez | 23 April 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional
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| — | DF | Antonio Cabrera | 0 | 0 | Libertad
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| — | MF | Francisco Calonga | 4 | 0 | Olimpia
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| — | MF | Castor Cantero | 12 January 1918 (aged 31) | 9 | 0 | Olimpia
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| — | DF | Casiano Céspedes | 30 November 1923 (aged 25) | 7 | 0 | Olimpia
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| — | FW | Pedro Fernández | 5 | 0 | Cerro Porteño
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| — | GK | Sinforiano García | 22 August 1924 (aged 24) | 7 | 0 | Cerro Porteño
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| — | MF | Manuel Gavilán | 30 November 1920 (aged 28) | 7 | 0 | Libertad
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| — | DF | Alberto González | 1922 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Olimpia
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| — | MF | Armando González | 1924 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Guaraní
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| — | FW | César López Fretes | 21 March 1923 (aged 26) | 4 | 0 | Olimpia
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| — | GK | Dionisio Maciel | 0 | 0 | Olimpia
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| — | MF | Pedro Nardelli | 28 November 1926 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Sportivo Luqueño
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| — | MF | Rogelio Negri | 0 | 0 | Cerro Porteño
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| — | FW | Sixto Noceda | 0 | 0 | Presidente Hayes
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| — | FW | Santiago Rivas | 7 | 0 | Cerro Porteño
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| — | MF | Estanislao Romero | 0 | 0 | Sporting Barranquilla
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| — | MF | César Santomé | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional
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| — | FW | Félix Vázquez | 0 | 0 | Guaraní
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Peru
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Arturo Fernández
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DF | Gerardo Arce | 22 September 1917 (aged 31) | 3 | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Alianza Lima
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| — | MF | Luis Calderón | 17 June 1929 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys
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| — | FW | Félix Castillo | 21 February 1928 (aged 21) | 5 | 1 | Alianza Lima
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| — | MF | Germán Colunga | 28 May 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Municipal
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| — | DF | Andrés da Silva | 21 March 1921 (aged 28) | 3 | 0 | Universitario de Deportes
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| — | FW | Manuel Drago | 14 November 1924 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys
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| — | MF | Roberto Drago | 28 July 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Municipal
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| — | DF | Félix Fuentes | 25 April 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima
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| — | FW | Carlos Gómez Sánchez | 4 October 1923 (aged 25) | 6 | 3 | Boca Juniors
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| — | FW | Alejandro González | 17 March 1915 (aged 34) | 7 | 0 | Alianza Lima
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| — | MF | Cornelio Heredia | 16 October 1920 (aged 28) | 6 | 0 | Alianza Lima
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| — | MF | Dagoberto Lavalle | 25 March 1925 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys
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| — | FW | Leonidas Mendoza | 1 April 1925 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Sporting Tabaco
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| — | FW | Ernesto Morales | 17 May 1925 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Atlético Chalaco
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| — | FW | Alfredo Mosquera | 15 February 1928 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Sporting Tabaco
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| — | GK | Walter Ormeño | 3 December 1926 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Universitario de Deportes
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| — | MF | Lorenzo Pacheco | 10 August 1919 (aged 29) | 5 | 0 | Sport Boys
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| — | FW | Víctor Pedraza | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima
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| — | FW | Juan Emilio Salinas | 12 July 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima
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| — | FW | Pedro Valdivieso | 19 October 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys
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Uruguay
Head Coach: 
Oscar Marcenaro
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | GK | Raúl Arizábalo | 0 | 0 | Defensor Sporting
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| — | DF | Alberto Avilés | 0 | 0 | Central Español
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| — | FW | Juan Ayala | 0 | 0 | Peñarol
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| — | FW | Ernesto Betancour | 0 | 0 | Peñarol
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| — | FW | Ramón Castro | 20 February 1921 (aged 28) | 3 | 0 | Defensor Sporting
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| — | DF | Roberto Gadea | 0 | 0 | Miramar Misiones
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| — | FW | José María García | 0 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers
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| — | MF | Roberto García | 0 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers
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| — | MF | Simón García | 0 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers
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| — | DF | Matías González | 6 August 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Cerro
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| — | GK | Jorge La Paz | 0 | 0 | Peñarol
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| — | FW | Miguel Martínez | 0 | 0 | Peñarol
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| — | MF | Dagoberto Moll | 22 July 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Miramar Misiones
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| — | FW | Nelson Moreno | 0 | 0 | Peñarol
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| — | DF | Dionisio Sosa | 0 | 0 | River Plate
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| — | FW | Esteban Suárez | 0 | 0 | Bella Vista
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| — | MF | Julio César Villarreal | 0 | 0 | Liverpool
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References
- ^ "Copa América 1949 Brazil » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "South American Championship 1949". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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