Francisco Urroz (footballer)

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

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

Club career[edit]

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

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

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]

^ "Francisco Urroz Martínez". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Francisco Urroz". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Archived October 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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