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Luis Ernesto Castro

Personal information
Full name	Luis Ernesto Castro Sánchez
Date of birth	(1921-07-31)31 July 1921
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	17 December 2002(2002-12-17) (aged 81)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1950	Nacional	274	(166)
International career
1942–1954	Uruguay	19	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Ernesto Castro Sánchez (31 July 1921 – 17 December 2002), nicknamed Mandrake, was a Uruguayan football forward who played for Uruguay in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Nacional de Football.

References

1. "Luis Ernesto Castro". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
2. "Castro, Luis Ernesto".
3. 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland

External links

• FIFA profile

v t e Uruguay squad – 1945 South American Championship fourth place
Carvidón Castro Colturi Falero Gambetta A. García J. García Máspoli Ortiz Pini Porta Prado Riephoff Santiago Sarro Tejera Varela Viana Zapirain Coach: Nasazzi

v t e Uruguay squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup fourth place
1 Máspoli 2 Santamaría 3 Martínez 4 Rodríguez Andrade 5 Varela (c) 6 Leopardi 7 Abbadie 8 Hohberg 9 Míguez 10 Schiaffino 11 Borges 12 Maceiras 13 Davoine 14 Tejera 15 Rivera 16 Carballo 17 Cruz 18 Souto 19 Ambrois 20 Méndez 21 Pérez 22 Castro Coach: López

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