1946 South American Championship squads

The following is a list of squads for all 6 national teams that competed at the 1946 South American Championship.^[1]^[2]

Argentina

Head Coach: Guillermo Stábile

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4FW	Mario Boyé	(1922-07-30)30 July 1922 (aged 23)	6	2	Boca Juniors
—	4FW	Vicente de la Mata	(1918-01-15)15 January 1918 (aged 27)	10	5	Independiente
—	2DF	Juan Carlos Fonda	(1919-10-15)15 October 1919 (aged 26)	6	0	Platense
—	4FW	Ángel Labruna	(1918-09-28)28 September 1918 (aged 27)	7	1	River Plate
—	4FW	Félix Loustau	(1922-12-25)25 December 1922 (aged 23)	9	4	River Plate
—	2DF	José Marante	(1915-02-27)27 February 1915 (aged 30)	3	0	Boca Juniors
—	4FW	Rinaldo Martino	(1921-11-06)6 November 1921 (aged 24)	19	15	San Lorenzo
—	4FW	Norberto Méndez	(1923-01-05)5 January 1923 (aged 23)	11	8	Huracán
—	1GK	Gabriel Ogando	(1921-08-22)22 August 1921 (aged 24)	4	0	Estudiantes (LP)
—	2DF	Saúl Ongaro	(1916-08-24)24 August 1916 (aged 29)	0	0	Estudiantes (LP)
—	4FW	Adolfo Pedernera	(1918-11-15)15 November 1918 (aged 27)	17	5	River Plate
—	3MF	Natalio Pescia	(1922-01-01)1 January 1922 (aged 24)	0	0	Boca Juniors
—	4FW	René Pontoni	(1920-05-18)18 May 1920 (aged 25)	13	14	San Lorenzo
—	2DF	José Ramos	(1919-02-23)23 February 1919 (aged 26)	10	0	River Plate
—	2DF	Eduardo Rodríguez	(1918-03-20)20 March 1918 (aged 27)	3	0	River Plate
—	2DF	José Salomón	(1916-07-09)9 July 1916 (aged 29)	39	0	Racing
—	4FW	Juan Carlos Salvini [pl]		6	0	Huracán
—	2DF	Juan Carlos Sobrero [pl]		5	0	Newell's Old Boys
—	2DF	Carlos Sosa	(1919-07-21)21 July 1919 (aged 26)	11	0	Boca Juniors
—	3MF	León Strembel	(1918-01-01)1 January 1918 (aged 28)	4	0	Racing
—	4FW	Ezra Sued	(1923-06-07)7 June 1923 (aged 22)	5	2	Racing
—	1GK	Claudio Vacca	(1915-10-24)24 October 1915 (aged 30)	2	0	Boca Juniors

Bolivia

Head Coach: Diógenes Lara

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2DF	Alberto Achá	(1920-04-03)3 April 1920 (aged 25)	6	0	The Strongest
—	1GK	Vicente Arraya	(1922-01-25)25 January 1922 (aged 23)	6	0	The Strongest
—	2DF	José Bustamante	(1921-03-05)5 March 1921 (aged 24)	0	0	Club Litoral
—	3MF	Exequiel Calderón		6	0	The Strongest
—	2DF	Armando Delgadillo		0	0
—	3MF	Raúl Fernández		0	0	The Strongest
—	3MF	Leonardo Ferrel	(1923-07-07)7 July 1923 (aged 22)	0	0	The Strongest
—	4FW	Félix Garzón		0	0	Club Bolívar
—	4FW	Zenón González [ca]	(1919-06-23)23 June 1919 (aged 26)	5	1	Club Ferroviario [it]
—	3MF	Ruperto Inchausti	(1918-03-27)27 March 1918 (aged 27)	4	0	Club Junín
—	3MF	Rodolfo Maida		0	0	New Players Cochabamba
—	1GK	Guillermo Navarro		0	0
—	4FW	Severo Orgaz		6	1	The Strongest
—	4FW	Adrián Ortega		4	0	Club Ferroviario [it]
—	4FW	Juan Peñaloza		0	0	Deportivo Bata [it]
—	4FW	Miguel Peredo		2	0
—	2DF	Nicolás Prieto		6	0	Deportivo Bata [it]
—	4FW	Jaime Rosenbluth		0	0	The Strongest
—	4FW	Armando Tapia	(1922-01-22)22 January 1922 (aged 23)	4	0	The Strongest
—	3MF	Raúl Vargas		0	0	Club Ferroviario [it]
—	4FW	Serapio Vega [es]	(1919-03-23)23 March 1919 (aged 26)	0	0	The Strongest

Brazil

Head coach: Flávio Costa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4FW	Ademir	(1922-11-08)8 November 1922 (aged 23)	11	8	Vasco da Gama
—	3MF	Aleixo	(1924-04-09)9 April 1924 (aged 21)	0	0	Corinthians
—	1GK	Ary	(1919-04-13)13 April 1919 (aged 26)	4	0	Botafogo
—	2DF	Augusto	(1920-10-22)22 October 1920 (aged 25)	0	0	Vasco da Gama
—	4FW	Chico	(1922-01-07)7 January 1922 (aged 24)	5	1	Vasco da Gama
—	2DF	Domingos da Guia	(1911-12-19)19 December 1911 (aged 34)	22	0	Corinthians
—	3MF	Danilo	(1920-12-03)3 December 1920 (aged 25)	1	0	Vasco da Gama
—	4FW	Eduardo Lima	(1920-08-22)22 August 1920 (aged 25)	5	3	Palmeiras
—	4FW	Heleno	(1920-02-12)12 February 1920 (aged 25)	10	10	Botafogo
—	3MF	Ivan	(1919-04-08)8 April 1919 (aged 26)	1	0	Botafogo
—	3MF	Jaime de Almeida	(1920-08-28)28 August 1920 (aged 25)	12	1	Flamengo
—	4FW	Jair	(1921-03-21)21 March 1921 (aged 24)	15	8	Vasco da Gama
—	4FW	Leônidas da Silva	(1913-09-06)6 September 1913 (aged 32)	18	21	São Paulo
—	4FW	Lelé	(1918-03-23)23 March 1918 (aged 27)	4	1	Vasco da Gama
—	1GK	Luiz Borracha	(1920-11-01)1 November 1920 (aged 25)	0	0	Flamengo
—	2DF	Newton	(1917-06-04)4 June 1917 (aged 28)	4	0	Flamengo
—	2DF	Norival	(1917-06-05)5 June 1917 (aged 28)	15	0	Flamengo
—	3MF	Rui Campos	(1922-08-02)2 August 1922 (aged 23)	12	2	São Paulo
—	4FW	Teixeirinha	(1922-03-04)4 March 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	São Paulo
—	4FW	Tesourinha	(1921-12-03)3 December 1921 (aged 24)	9	2	Internacional
—	3MF	Zezé Procópio	(1913-08-12)12 August 1913 (aged 32)	16	0	Palmeiras
—	3MF	Zizinho	(1921-09-14)14 September 1921 (aged 24)	16	7	Flamengo

Chile

Head Coach: Luis Tirado

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	3MF	Juan Alcántara	(1920-03-06)6 March 1920 (aged 25)	3	5	Audax Italiano
—	4FW	Jorge Araya	(1924-09-21)21 September 1924 (aged 21)	0	0	Green Cross
—	3MF	Hernán Carvallo	(1922-08-19)19 August 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	Universidad Católica
—	3MF	Mario Castro	(1923-09-23)23 September 1923 (aged 22)	1	0	Santiago Morning
—	2DF	Rodolfo Clavería	(1922-10-20)20 October 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	Universidad Católica
—	4FW	Atilio Cremaschi	(1923-03-08)8 March 1923 (aged 22)	1	0	Unión Española
—	1GK	Hernán Fernández	(1921-03-17)17 March 1921 (aged 24)	2	0	Unión Española
—	2DF	Guillermo Fuenzalida	(1918-03-24)24 March 1918 (aged 27)	0	0	Colo-Colo
—	2DF	Francisco Las Heras	(1920-07-04)4 July 1920 (aged 25)	8	0	Magallanes
—	2DF	José López	(1922-12-15)15 December 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	Magallanes
—	3MF	Víctor Mancilla	(1921-07-21)21 July 1921 (aged 24)	0	0	Universidad Católica
—	4FW	Desiderio Medina	(1919-10-10)10 October 1919 (aged 26)	7	3	Santiago National
—	4FW	Jorge Peñaloza	(1922-02-21)21 February 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	Colo-Colo
—	2DF	Domingo Pino	(1922-03-10)10 March 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	Magallanes
—	4FW	Domingo Romo	(1917-04-17)17 April 1917 (aged 28)	0	0	Audax Italiano
—	4FW	Francisco Ruiz		0	0	Green Cross
—	3MF	Osvaldo Sáez	(1923-08-13)13 August 1923 (aged 22)	0	0	Santiago Wanderers
—	2DF	Santiago Salfate	(1916-01-12)12 January 1916 (aged 30)	6	0	Green Cross
—	3MF	José Sepúlveda	(1922-11-30)30 November 1922 (aged 23)	0	0	Universidad de Chile
—	4FW	Erasmo Vera	(1923-03-13)13 March 1923 (aged 22)	5	1	Santiago Morning

Paraguay

Head Coach: Aurelio González

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	4FW	Delfín Benítez Cáceres	(1910-10-24)24 October 1910 (aged 35)	4	0	Libertad
—	3MF	Francisco Calonga		0	0	Olimpia
—	3MF	Castor Cantero	(1918-01-12)12 January 1918 (aged 28)	3	0	Olimpia
—	2DF	Martín Carballo		2	0	Olimpia
—	2DF	Amado Casco		0	0	Libertad
—	3MF	Doroteo Coronel		0	0	Club Nacional
—	4FW	Nemesio Ferreira		0	0
—	3MF	Isidoro García		0	0	Chacarita Juniors
—	1GK	Sinforiano García	(1924-08-22)22 August 1924 (aged 21)	0	0	Cerro Porteño
—	4FW	Alejandrino Genés		0	0	Club Nacional
—	2DF	Enrique Hugo		0	0	Guaraní
—	4FW	Leocadio Marín		0	0	Olimpia
—	3MF	Julio César Ramírez		0	0	Huracán
—	4FW	Albino Rodríguez		0	0	River Plate
—	4FW	Porfirio Rolón [es]	(1925-05-04)4 May 1925 (aged 20)	0	0	Libertad
—	4FW	Vicente Sánchez		5	1	Club Nacional
—	4FW	Martín Viadiú		0	0	Sol de América
—	4FW	Juan Bautista Villalba	(1924-08-29)29 August 1924 (aged 21)	0	0	Sportivo Luqueño

Uruguay

Head Coach: Aníbal Tejada [es] / Guzmán Vila Gomensoro [pl]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	3MF	José Cajiga [de]	(1926-09-24)24 September 1926 (aged 19)	2	0	Rampla Juniors
—	4FW	Ramón Castro	(1921-02-20)20 February 1921 (aged 24)	0	0	Montevideo Wanderers
—	3MF	Ubire Durán [de]	(1920-06-21)21 June 1920 (aged 25)	1	0	Rampla Juniors
—	3MF	José García	(1926-02-21)21 February 1926 (aged 19)	6	2	Defensor Sporting
—	4FW	Walter Gómez	(1927-12-12)12 December 1927 (aged 18)	0	0	Central Español
—	2DF	Mario Lorenzo		0	0	Peñarol
—	3MF	Alcides Mañay	(1927-01-18)18 January 1927 (aged 18)	1	0	Defensor Sporting
—	1GK	Roque Máspoli	(1917-10-12)12 October 1917 (aged 28)	6	0	Peñarol
—	4FW	José María Medina	(1921-02-13)13 February 1921 (aged 24)	4	2	Nacional
—	4FW	José María Ortiz		6	2	Peñarol
—	1GK	Aníbal Paz	(1917-05-21)21 May 1917 (aged 28)	15	0	Nacional
—	2DF	Raúl Pini	(1923-06-02)2 June 1923 (aged 22)	4	0	Nacional
—	2DF	Sixto Possamai [pl]		0	0	Peñarol
—	2DF	Luis Prais	(1925-02-24)24 February 1925 (aged 20)	0	0	Peñarol
—	4FW	Juan Riephoff [es]		9	2	Rampla Juniors
—	3MF	Luis Sabatel [de]		0	0	Rampla Juniors
—	4FW	Raúl Schiaffino	(1923-12-07)7 December 1923 (aged 22)	1	0	Peñarol
—	2DF	Eusebio Tejera	(1922-01-06)6 January 1922 (aged 24)	5	0	Nacional
—	2DF	Obdulio Varela	(1917-09-20)20 September 1917 (aged 28)	21	5	Peñarol
—	4FW	José Vásquez		4	1	Peñarol
—	4FW	Luis Volpi	(1920-12-05)5 December 1920 (aged 25)	5	0	Nacional
—	4FW	Bibiano Zapirain	(1919-12-02)2 December 1919 (aged 26)	16	4	Nacional

References

[1] South American Championship 1946 rosters

[2] Copa América 1946 Argentina Teams

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