Francisco Urroz (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urroz and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Francisco Urroz
Urroz with Colo-Colo in 1947
Personal information
Full name Francisco Urroz Martínez
Date of birth (1920-12-14)14 December 1920
Place of birth Higuerote, Venezuela
Date of death 22 January 1992(1992-01-22) (aged 71)
Place of death Concón, Chile
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1931–1934 Unión Deportiva Española
1935–1939 Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940–1944 Unión Española
1945–1950 Colo-Colo
International career
1947-1950 Chile 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Urroz Martínez (14 December 1920 – 22 January 1992) was a Chilean footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Urroz joined Unión Deportiva Española, the club previous to Unión Española, alongside his brothers Guillermo and Gilberto in 1931, thanks to his uncle Simón Martínez, a football leader. A member of the first team since 1940, he became the team captain and won the 1943 Primera División de Chile, the first league title for the club. [1][2][3] Later, he switched to Colo-Colo and won the 1947 Primera División de Chile along with Colo-Colo.[4][5]

International career

Urroz made 11 appearances for the Chile national team,[6] playing also in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[7]

Personal life

Urroz was born in Higuerote, Venezuela, and died in Concón, Chile, on 22 January 1992, aged 71. His father, Francisco Sr., was a fruits and vegetables seller who died when Francisco Jr. was 13 years old.[1]

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.[5]

Honours

Unión Española

Colo-Colo

  • Chilean Primera División: 1947

References

  1. ^ a b c Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (11 January 2024). "80 años del primer título de Unión Española en 1943". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  2. ^ Don Pampa (25 August 1944). "ESCRIBE DON PAMPA: ¡Están equivocados los viejos! (1)" (JPG). Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  3. ^ Don Pampa (25 August 1944). "ESCRIBE DON PAMPA: ¡Están equivocados los viejos! (2)" (JPG). Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Francisco Urroz Martínez". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Francisco Urroz". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  7. ^ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Archived 25 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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