Luis Alberto Rijo (28 September 1927 – 8 May 2001) was a
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
, who played as a
forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
for
Central Español. He never played any international matches in his career, but was part of the
Uruguay national team which won
1950 FIFA World Cup
The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...
.
References
World Cup Champions Squads 1930 - 2002A primeira grande zebra do Mundial(in Spanish)
1927 births
Uruguayan men's footballers
Uruguay men's international footballers
1950 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA World Cup-winning players
Central Español players
2001 deaths
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Men's association football forwards