Santos Urdinarán

Santos Urdinarán
Personal information
Date of birth (1900-03-30)March 30, 1900
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death July 14, 1979(1979-07-14) (aged 79)
Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919-1933 Club Nacional de Football 318 (124)
National team
1923–1932 Uruguay 22 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Olympic medal record
Men's Football
1924 Paris Team competition
1928 Amsterdam Team competition

Santos "Vasquito" Urdinarán (March 30, 1900 – July 14, 1979), known as el Vasquito, was a footballer from Uruguay. He played for Nacional from 1919 to 1933 (318 matches and 124 goals), playing the position of right winger. He was born and died in Montevideo.

He also played 20 matches and scored 2 goals for the Uruguay national football team. With the national team, he won the 1930 FIFA World Cup (without playing the final), two Olympic titles (1924 and 1928), and three Copa Americas (in 1923, 1924 and 1926).


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