These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1945 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia (for the first time), Ecuador, and Uruguay. Paraguay and Peru 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. Colombia was represented by the club Junior.
Argentina
Head Coach:
Guillermo Stábile
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1GK | Fernando Bello | (1910-11-29)29 November 1910 (aged 34) | 0 | 0 | Independiente
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| — | 4FW | Mario Boyé | 0 | 1 | Boca Juniors
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| — | 3MF | Bartolomé Colombo | 0 | 0 | San Lorenzo
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| — | 4FW | Vicente de la Mata | 0 | 2 | Independiente
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| — | 2DF | Rodolfo de Zorzi | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors
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| — | 3MF | Enrique Espinoza | 0 | 0 | Atlanta
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| — | 4FW | Armando Farro | 0 | 0 | San Lorenzo
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| — | 4FW | Juan José Ferraro | 0 | 2 | Vélez Sársfield
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| — | 3MF | Alfredo Fógel | 0 | 0 | Rosario Central
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| — | 4FW | Félix Loustau | 0 | 2 | River Plate
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| — | 4FW | Rinaldo Martino | 0 | 4 | San Lorenzo
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| — | 3MF | Norberto Méndez | 0 | 6 | Huracán
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| — | 4FW | Juan Carlos Muñoz | 0 | 0 | River Plate
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| — | 2DF | Nicolás Palma | 0 | 0 | Estudiantes (LP)
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| — | 4FW | Manuel Pellegrina | 0 | 1 | Estudiantes (LP)
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| — | 3MF | Ángel Perucca | 0 | 0 | Newell's Old Boys
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| — | 3MF | Natalio Pescia | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors
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| — | 4FW | René Pontoni | 0 | 4 | San Lorenzo
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| — | 1GK | Héctor Ricardo | 0 | 0 | Rosario Central
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| — | 2DF | José Salomón | 0 | 0 | Racing
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| — | 3MF | Óscar Sastre | 0 | 0 | Independiente
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| — | 2DF | Carlos Sosa | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors
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| — | 2DF | Roberto Yebra | 0 | 0 | Rosario Central
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Bolivia
Head Coach: 
Julio Borelli [fr]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2DF | Alberto Acha | (1920-04-03)3 April 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | The Strongest
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| — | 1GK | Vicente Arraya | (1922-01-25)25 January 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it]
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| — | 3MF | Exequiel Calderón | 0 | 0 | The Strongest
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| — | 3MF | Raúl Fernández | 0 | 1 | The Strongest
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| — | 4FW | Zenón González [ca] | (1919-06-23)23 June 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 1 | Club Ferroviario [it]
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| — | 4FW | Fortunato Gorostiaga | 0 | 0 | Charcas
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| — | 3MF | Manuel Gutiérrez | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar
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| — | 3MF | Ruperto Inchausti | (1918-03-27)27 March 1918 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Club Junín
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| — | 4FW | Donato Medrano | 0 | 0 | Ayacucho FC
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| — | 4FW | Severo Orgaz | 0 | 1 | The Strongest
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| — | 4FW | Walter Orozco | (1922-01-08)8 January 1922 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar
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| — | 4FW | Adrián Ortega | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it]
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| — | 4FW | Miguel Peredo | 0 | 0 | Club Junín
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| — | 1GK | Cleto Prieto | 0 | 0 | Ayacucho FC
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| — | 2DF | Nicolás Prieto | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Bata [it]
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| — | 2DF | Hernán Rojas | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar
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| — | 4FW | Roqur Romero | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar
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| — | 3MF | Martín Saavedra | 0 | 0 | The Strongest
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| — | 4FW | Armando Tapia | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it]
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Brazil
Head coach: 
Flávio Costa
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 4FW | Ademir Marques de Menezes | (1922-11-08)8 November 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 5 |  Vasco da Gama
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| — | 3MF | Alfredo Ramos dos Santos | 0 | 0 | Vasco da Gama
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| — | 2DF | Begliomini | 0 | 0 | Corinthians
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| — | Biguá | 0 | 0 | Flamengo
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| — | Domingos da Guia | 0 | 0 | Corinthians
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| — | Danilo Alvim | 0 | 0 | America FC
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| — | Djalma Bezerra dos Santos | 0 | 0 | Vasco da Gama
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| — | Heleno de Freitas | 0 | 6 | Botafogo
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| — | Jaime de Almeida | 0 | 1 | Flamengo
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| — | Jair da Rosa Pinto | 0 | 2 | Vasco da Gama
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| — | Jorginho | 0 | 1 | America FC
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| — | Newton Canegal | 0 | 0 | Flamengo
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| — | Norival Pereira da Silva | 0 | 0 | Fluminense
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| — | Oberdan Cattani | 0 | 0 | Palmeiras
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| — | Rui Campos | 0 | 1 | São Paulo
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| — | Servílio de Jesús | 0 | 0 | Corinthians
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| — | Tesourinha | 0 | 1 | SC Internacional
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| — | Vevé | 0 | 0 | Flamengo
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| — | Zizinho | 0 | 2 | Flamengo
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Chile
Head Coach: 
Franz Platko
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 3MF | Juan Alcántara | (1920-03-06)6 March 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 |  Audax Italiano
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| — | 4FW | Benito Armingol | (1919-09-07)7 September 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Unión Española
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| — | 3MF | Carlos Ataglich | (1915-09-21)21 September 1915 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Bádminton F.C.
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| — | Florencio Barrera | (1915-06-06)6 June 1915 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Magallanes
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| — | Miguel Busquets | (1920-10-15)15 October 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Club Universidad de Chile
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| — | Mario Castro | (1923-09-23)23 September 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Santiago Morning
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| — | Guillermo Clavero | (1921-10-10)10 October 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Everton de Viña del Mar
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| — | Armando Contreras | (1919-06-15)15 June 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo
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| — | Atilio Cremaschi | (1923-03-08)8 March 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Unión Española
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| — | Francisco Hormazábal | (1920-07-04)4 July 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo
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| — | Víctor Klein | (1917-10-02)2 October 1917 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Santiago Morning
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| — | Francisco Las Heras | (1914-07-03)3 July 1914 (aged 30) | 0 | 0 | Magallanes
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| — | 1GK | Sergio Livingstone | (1920-03-26)26 March 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | CD Universidad Católica
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| — | Desiderio Medina | (1919-10-10)10 October 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Santiago National
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| — | José Pastenes | (1915-07-10)10 July 1915 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo
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| — | Manuel Piñero | (1920-08-20)20 August 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Audax Italiano
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| — | Humberto Roa | (1912-02-21)21 February 1912 (aged 32) | 0 | 0 | Audax Italiano
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| — | Jorge Vásquez | (1922-05-09)9 May 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo
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| — | Erasmo Vera | (1923-03-13)13 March 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Santiago Morning
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Colombia
Head Coach: 
Roberto Meléndez (also participated as footballer)
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1GK | Andrés Acosta | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Santa Marta
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| — | 2DF | Pedro Ricardo López | 1912 (aged 33) (1912) | 3 | 0 | Once Deportivo
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| — | 2DF | Lucas Martínez | 0 | 0 | Sporting de Barranquilla [es]
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| — | 2DF | Gabriel Mejía | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 2DF | Humberto Picalúa | 1 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 3MF | Antonio de la Hoz [es] | 1920 (aged 25) (1920) | 0 | 0 | Sporting de Barranquilla [es]
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| — | 3MF | Isidro Joliani | 1 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 3MF | Juan Quintero | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | Fulgencio Berdugo | (1918-06-14)14 June 1918 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | Lancáster de León | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | Roberto Gámez | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | Rafael Granados | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | Luis González Rubio | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | Marcos Mejía | 2 | 2 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | Roberto Meléndez | (1912-03-31)31 March 1912 (aged 32) | 1 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | Arturo Mendoza | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | Carlos Recio | 0 | 0 | Junior
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| — | 4FW | José de Jesús Zapata | (1916-09-03)3 September 1916 (aged 28) | 2 | 0 | FC Medellin
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| — | 1GK | Humberto Arbeláez | 0 | 0 | Juventud de Barranquilla
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| — | 2DF | Juan Navarro | 0 | 0 | Real Madrid Santa Marta
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Ecuador
Head Coach: 
Rodolfo Orlandini
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Pedro Acevedo | (1915-06-25)25 June 1915 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 |  Aucas
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| — | Víctor Aguayo | 0 | 4 | Aucas
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| — | Luis Albán | 0 | 0 | Tungurahua
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| — | Guillermo Albornoz | (1923-08-30)30 August 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 1 | Sociedad Deportiva Argentina
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| — | Enrique Cantos [es] | (1925-01-18)18 January 1925 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Emelec
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| — | Carlos Garnica | (1917-09-23)23 September 1917 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Aucas
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| — | Jorge Henríques [es] | (1921-09-02)2 September 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Audax Italiano
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| — | José María Jiménez | (1921-07-22)22 July 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 1 | Patria
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| — | Napoleón Medina | (1919-11-26)26 November 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Patria
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| — | Eloy Mejía | 0 | 0 | Aucas
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| — | José Luis Mendoza | 0 | 1 | Emelec
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| — | Luis Antonio Mendoza | (1914-08-25)25 August 1914 (aged 30) | 0 | 1 | Emelec
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| — | Luis Montenegro | 0 | 0 | Aucas
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| — | Enrique Raymondi | 0 | 1 | Patria
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| — | Víctor Suárez | (1921-07-27)27 July 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Riobamba
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| — | Francisco Villagómez | 0 | 0 | Guayas
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| — | Félix Leyton Zurita | (1921-11-22)22 November 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona S.C.
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Uruguay
Head Coach: 
José Nasazzi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Juan José Carvidón | 0 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers
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| — | Luis Ernesto Castro | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football
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| — | José Pedro Colturi | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol
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| — | Nicolás Falero | 0 | 1 | Central Español
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| — | Schubert Gambetta | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football
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| — | Atilio García | 0 | 5 | Club Nacional de Football
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| — | José García | 0 | 2 | Defensor Sporting
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| — | Roque Máspoli | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol
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| — | José María Ortíz | 0 | 1 | Club Atlético Peñarol
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| — | Raúl Pini | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football
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| — | Roberto Porta | 0 | 3 | Club Nacional de Football
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| — | Agustín Prado | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol
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| — | Juan Riephoff | 0 | 1 | Rampla Juniors
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| — | Juan Santiago | 0 | 0 | Liverpool
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| — | Raúl Sarro | 0 | 0 | Defensor Sporting
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| — | Eusebio Tejera | 0 | 0 | River Plate
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| — | Obdulio Varela | 0 | 1 | Club Atlético Peñarol
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| — | General Viana | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football
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| — | Bibiano Zapirain | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football
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References
- "Copa América 1945 Chile » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- "South American Championship 1945". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- "Cuando el Junior de Barranquilla fue la Selección Colombia". Gol Caracol.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
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