# 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.

## Bolivia

Head Coach: Félix Deheza [fr]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| — | 2DF | Alberto Acha | (1920-04-03)3 April 1920 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | The Strongest |
| — | 4FW | Víctor Celestino Algarañaz | (1926-04-06)6 April 1926 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Club Litoral |
| — | 3MF | Carlos Arias | | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar |
| — | 1GK | Vicente Arraya | (1922-01-25)25 January 1922 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it] |
| — | 2DF | José Bustamante | (1921-03-05)5 March 1921 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Club Litoral |
| — | 3MF | René Cabrera | (1925-10-21)21 October 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Club Jorge Wilstermann |
| — | 2DF | Jorge Delgadillo | | 0 | 0 | New Players Cochabamba |
| — | 3MF | Leonardo Ferrel | (1923-07-07)7 July 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | The Strongest |
| — | 4FW | Benedicto Godoy | (1924-07-28)28 July 1924 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it] |
| — | 4FW | Benigno Gutiérrez | (1925-09-01)1 September 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Club Litoral |
| — | 1GK | Eduardo Gutiérrez | (1925-01-17)17 January 1925 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | CD Ingaví |
| — | 4FW | Benjamin Maldonado | (1928-01-04)4 January 1928 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Club San José |
| — | 4FW | Mario Mena | (1928-07-28)28 July 1928 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar |
| — | 3MF | Humberto Montaño | | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar |
| — | 4FW | Nemesio Rojas | | 0 | 0 | |
| — | 4FW | Armando Tapia | | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it] |
| — | 4FW | Víctor Ugarte | (1926-05-05)5 May 1926 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar |
| — | 3MF | Antonio Valencia | (1925-05-10)10 May 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Club Litoral |

## Brazil

Head Coach: Flavio Costa
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| — | 4FW | Ademir Marques de Menezes | (1922-11-08)8 November 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | CR Vasco da Gama |
| — | 2DF | Augusto da Costa | | 0 | 0 | CR Vasco da Gama |
| — | 1GK | Moacir Barbosa | | 0 | 0 | CR Vasco da Gama |
| — | 3MF | José Carlos Bauer | | 0 | 0 | São Paulo FC |
| — | 2DF | Bigode | | 0 | 0 | Fluminense FC |
| — | 4FW | Canhotinho | | 0 | 0 | Palmeiras |
| — | 4FW | Cláudio Pinho | | 0 | 0 | Corinthians |
| — | 3MF | Danilo Alvim | | 0 | 0 | CR Vasco da Gama |
| — | 3MF | Ely do Amparo | | 0 | 0 | CR Vasco da Gama |
| - | 3MF | Jair da Rosa Pinto | | 0 | 0 | CR Flamengo |
| — | 2DF | Mauro Ramos | | 0 | 0 | São Paulo FC |
| — | 4FW | Nininho | | 0 | 0 | Portuguesa |
| — | 2DF | Noronha | | 0 | 0 | São Paulo FC |
| — | 3MF | Octávio Moraes Puente | | 0 | 0 | Botafogo FR |
| — | 4FW | Orlando de Azevedo Vianna | | 0 | 0 | Fluminense FC |
| — | 1GK | Osvaldo Alfredo da Silva | | 0 | 0 | Botafogo FR |
| — | 2DF | Rui Campos | | 0 | 0 | São Paulo FC |
| — | 2DF | Nílton Santos | | 0 | 0 | Botafogo FR |
| — | 4FW | Pedro Simão Aquino de Araújo | | 0 | 0 | Portuguesa |
| — | 4FW | Tesourinha | | 0 | 0 | SC Internacional |
| — | 2DF | Wilson Francisco Alves | | 0 | 0 | CR Vasco da Gama |
| — | 3MF | Zizinho | | 0 | 0 | CR Flamengo |

## Chile

Head Coach: Luis Tirado
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| — | 2DF | Manuel Álvarez | (1928-05-23)23 May 1928 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | CD Universidad Católica |
| — | 2DF | Miguel Busquets | (1920-10-15)15 October 1920 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Club Universidad de Chile |
| — | 4FW | Mario Castro | (1923-09-23)23 September 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo |
| — | 4FW | Atilio Cremaschi | | 0 | 0 | Unión Española |
| — | 2DF | Miguel Flores | | 0 | 0 | Magallanes |
| — | 4FW | Francisco Hormazábal | | 0 | 0 | Green Cross |
| — | 4FW | Raimundo Infante | | 0 | 0 | CD Universidad Católica |
| — | 1GK | Sergio Livingstone | | 0 | 0 | CD Universidad Católica |
| — | 4FW | Luis López | | 0 | 0 | Magallanes |
| — | 4FW | Pedro Hugo López | | 0 | 0 | Club Universidad de Chile |
| — | 2DF | Manuel Machuca | | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo |
| — | 3MF | Gilberto Muñoz | | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo |
| — | 2DF | Juan Negri | | 0 | 0 | Club Universidad de Chile |
| — | 4FW | Andrés Prieto | | 0 | 0 | CD Universidad Católica |
| — | 2DF | Ulises Ramos | | 0 | 0 | Club Universidad de Chile |
| — | 4FW | Fernando Riera | | 0 | 0 | CD Universidad Católica |
| — | 3MF | Carlos Rojas | | 0 | 0 | Unión Española |
| — | 4FW | Manuel Salamanca | | 0 | 0 | Magallanes |
| — | 2DF | Francisco Urroz | | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo |
| — | 4FW | Carlos Varela | | 0 | 0 | Audax Italiano |

## Colombia

Head Coach: Friedrich Donnenfeld
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| — | 1GK | Dagoberto Ojeda | | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 1GK | Efraín Sánchez | (1926-02-26)26 February 1926 (aged 23) | 7 | 0 | San Lorenzo |
| — | 2DF | Mario Marriaga | | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 2DF | Gabriel Mejía | | 14 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 2DF | Humberto Picalúa | | 12 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 3MF | Luz Gastelbondo | | 2 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 3MF | Casimiro Guerra | | 3 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 3MF | Emiliano Gutiérrez | | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 3MF | Guillermo Muñoz | | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Luis Apolinario | | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Fulgencio Berdugo | (1918-06-14)14 June 1918 (aged 30) | 8 | 3 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Octavio Carrillo | | 6 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Lancáster de León | | 3 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Rigoberto García | | 8 | 2 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Luis González Rubio | | 13 | 6 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Alfonso Pedraza | | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Alfredo Pérez | | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Nelson Pérez | | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Octavio Ruiz | | 4 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Arturo Ucrós | | 0 | 0 | Junior |

## Ecuador

Head Coach: José Planas
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| — | 2DF | Bolívar Andrade | | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC |
| — | 4FW | Guido Andrade | (1926-07-08)8 July 1926 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC |
| — | 4FW | Víctor Arteaga | (1921-04-30)30 April 1921 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | C.S. Norte América |
| — | 2DF | Marcos Bermeo | | 0 | 0 | S.D. Aucas |
| — | 4FW | Enrique Cantos [es] | (1925-01-18)18 January 1925 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC |
| — | 3MF | Jorge Cantos | (1924-05-17)17 May 1924 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC |
| — | 1GK | Luis Alfredo Carrillo | (1920-11-03)3 November 1920 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | C.S.D. Macará |
| — | 4FW | Sigifredo Chuchuca [es] | (1925-03-16)16 March 1925 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC |
| — | 4FW | César Garnica | (1919-11-22)22 November 1919 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | S.D. Aucas |
| — | | José María Jiménez | (1921-07-22)22 July 1921 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | C.S. Emelec |
| — | 2DF | Mario Lovato | (1927-06-21)21 June 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | S.D. Aucas |
| — | 4FW | Rafael Maldonado | | 0 | 0 | Sociedad Deportiva Quito |
| — | 3MF | Heráclides Marín | | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC |
| — | 4FW | Gonzalo Pozo [es] | (1925-05-27)27 May 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | S.D. Aucas |
| — | 3MF | Ricardo Riveros | | 0 | 0 | C.S. Emelec |
| — | 3MF | Hernán Salgado | | 0 | 0 | LDU Quito |
| — | 2DF | Carlos Sánchez | (1922-07-15)15 July 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC |
| — | 4FW | Marcos Spencer [es] | (1927-10-04)4 October 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Panamá S.C. |
| — | 1GK | Félix Torres | (1922-05-02)2 May 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC |
| — | 3MF | Luis Torres | | 0 | 0 | S.D. Aucas |
| — | 4FW | José Vargas [es] | (1924-12-19)19 December 1924 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona SC |
| — | 3MF | Luis Vásquez | | 0 | 0 | LDU Quito |

## Paraguay

Head Coach: Manuel Fleitas Solich
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| — | 1GK | Sinforiano García | (1924-08-22)22 August 1924 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Cerro Porteño |
| — | 1GK | Dionisio Maciel | | 0 | 0 | Club Olimpia |
| — | 2DF | Antonio Cabrera | | 0 | 0 | Club Libertad |
| — | 2DF | Casiano Céspedes | (1923-11-30)30 November 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Club Olimpia |
| — | 2DF | Alberto González | | 0 | 0 | Club Olimpia |
| — | 3MF | Francisco Calonga | | 0 | 0 | Club Olimpia |
| — | 3MF | Castor Cantero | (1918-01-12)12 January 1918 (aged 31) | 0 | 0 | Club Olimpia |
| — | 3MF | Manuel Gavilán | (1920-11-30)30 November 1920 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Club Libertad |
| — | 3MF | Armando González | | 0 | 0 | Club Guaraní |
| — | 3MF | Pedro Nardelli | (1926-11-28)28 November 1926 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Sportivo Luqueño |
| — | 3MF | Rogelio Negri | | 0 | 0 | Cerro Porteño |
| — | 3MF | Estanislao Romero | | 0 | 0 | Sporting Barranquilla [es] |
| — | 3MF | César Santomé | | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional |
| — | 4FW | Dionisio Arce | (1927-06-14)14 June 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Sportivo Luqueño |
| — | 4FW | Enrique Avalos | | 0 | 0 | Cerro Porteño |
| — | 4FW | Marcial Barrios | (1919-06-26)26 June 1919 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Club Olimpia |
| — | 4FW | Jorge Duilio Benítez | (1927-04-23)23 April 1927 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional |
| — | 4FW | Pedro Fernández | | 0 | 0 | Cerro Porteño |
| — | 4FW | César López Fretes | (1923-03-21)21 March 1923 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Club Olimpia |
| — | 4FW | Sixto Noceda | | 0 | 0 | Club Presidente Hayes |
| — | 4FW | Santiago Rivas | | 0 | 0 | Cerro Porteño |
| — | 4FW | Félix Vázquez | | 0 | 0 | Club Guaraní |

## Peru

Head Coach: Arturo Fernández
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| — | 2DF | Gerardo Arce | | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima |
| — | 3MF | Luis Calderón [es] | (1929-06-17)17 June 1929 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys |
| — | 4FW | Félix Castillo | (1928-02-21)21 February 1928 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima |
| — | 3MF | Germán Colunga | | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Municipal |
| — | 2DF | Andrés da Silva [es] | (1921-03-21)21 March 1921 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Club Universitario de Deportes |
| — | 4FW | Manuel Drago [es] | (1924-11-14)14 November 1924 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys |
| — | 3MF | Roberto Drago [es] | (1923-07-28)28 July 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Municipal |
| — | 2DF | Félix Fuentes | (1922-04-25)25 April 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima |
| — | 4FW | Carlos Gómez Sánchez [es] | (1923-10-04)4 October 1923 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima |
| — | 4FW | Alejandro González [es] | (1915-03-17)17 March 1915 (aged 34) | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima |
| — | 3MF | Cornelio Heredia [es] | (1920-10-16)16 October 1920 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima |
| — | 3MF | Dagoberto Lavalle [es] | (1925-03-25)25 March 1925 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys |
| — | 4FW | Leónidas Mendoza | | 0 | 0 | Sporting Tabaco |
| — | 4FW | Ernesto Morales | | 0 | 0 | Atlético Chalaco |
| — | 4FW | Alfredo Mosquera [es] | (1928-02-15)15 February 1928 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Sporting Tabaco |
| — | 1GK | Walter Ormeño | (1926-12-03)3 December 1926 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Club Universitario de Deportes |
| — | 3MF | Lorenzo Pacheco [es] | (1919-08-10)10 August 1919 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys |
| — | 4FW | Víctor Pedraza | | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima |
| — | 4FW | Juan Emilio Salinas [es] | (1925-07-12)12 July 1925 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Alianza Lima |
| — | 4FW | Pedro Valdivieso [es] | (1922-10-19)19 October 1922 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Sport Boys |

## Uruguay

Head Coach: Oscar Marcenaro
| No. | Pos. | Player | Caps | Goals | Club |
| — | 1GK | Raúl Arizábalo | 0 | 0 | Defensor Sporting |
| — | 2DF | Alberto Avilés | 0 | 0 | Central Español |
| — | 4FW | Juan Ayala | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol |
| — | 4FW | Ernesto Betancour | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol |
| — | 4FW | Ramón Castro | 0 | 0 | Defensor Sporting |
| — | 2DF | Roberto Gadea | 0 | 0 | Miramar Misiones |
| — | 4FW | José María García | 0 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers |
| — | 3MF | Roberto García | 0 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers |
| — | 3MF | Simón García | 0 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers |
| — | 2DF | Matías González | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Cerro |
| — | 1GK | Jorge La Paz | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol |
| — | 4FW | Miguel Martínez | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol |
| — | 3MF | Dagoberto Moll | 0 | 0 | Miramar Misiones |
| — | 4FW | Nelson Moreno | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol |
| — | 2DF | Dionisio Sosa | 0 | 0 | River Plate Montevideo |
| — | 4FW | Esteban Suárez | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Bella Vista |
| — | 3MF | Julio César Villarreal | 0 | 0 | Liverpool Montevideo |