Pablo Justo Forlán Lamarque (born July 14, 1945 in

Mercedes Mercedes may refer to: People * Mercedes (name), a Spanish feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or last name Automobile-related * Mercedes (marque), the pre-1926 brand name of German automobile m ...

, Soriano) is a retired

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, the father of

Diego Forlán Diego Martín Forlán Corazo (born 19 May 1979) is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. Regarded as one of the best forwards of his generation, Forlán is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi T ...

, and son-in-law of

Juan Carlos Corazzo Juan Carlos Corazzo (14 December 1907 – 12 January 1986) was a Uruguayan football player and manager. Career Corazzo played for Argentine club Independiente in the 1930s. Corazzo later coached Uruguay at the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Corazzo hel ...

. His mother was of Uruguayan and Spanish descent.

Career

As a professional footballer Pablo Forlán played for

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...

(1963–1970),

São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube (), commonly referred to as São Paulo, is a professional football club in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 1930. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista (the State of São Paulo's premier state leag ...

(1970–1976),

Cruzeiro EC Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (), known simply as Cruzeiro, is a Brazilian sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays ...

(1977),

Nacional de Montevideo Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'' or simply as Nacional) is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in Montevideo. The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' and ''Mo ...

(1978) and

Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievemen ...

(1979–1984). During his career he helped win the Uruguayan league (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1978, 1980, 1982), the

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

(1966), the Intercontinental Cup (1966) and the

São Paulo state championship The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the FPF, the league is contested between 16 clubs and ty ...

(1970, 1971, 1975). Pablo Forlán was also a Uruguayan international, who played at the

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

and

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

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Titles

* Champion of Uruguay (4): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 *

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Champion (3): 1970, 1971, 1975 * Ligilla Uruguay Winner (2): 1979, 1981 *

Libertadores ''Libertadores'' (, "Liberators") were the principal leaders of the Spanish American wars of independence from Spain and of the movement in support of Brazilian independence from Portugal. They are named that way in contrast with the ''Conquistado ...

Cup Winner (1): 1966 * Intercontinental Cup Winner (1): 1966 * Winner of the

Intercontinental Champions' Supercup The Intercontinental Champions' Supercup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Supercup or Recopa Intercontinental, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested by the past winners of the Intercontinental Cup. Th ...

1969

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forlan, Pablo 1945 births Living people People from Mercedes, Uruguay Footballers from Soriano Department Uruguayan people of Spanish descent Uruguayan people of Basque descent Uruguayan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Peñarol players São Paulo FC players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Club Nacional de Football players Defensor Sporting players Uruguayan Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Uruguay men's international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players 1967 South American Championship players 1974 FIFA World Cup players Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Uruguayan football managers Defensor Sporting managers São Paulo FC managers Uruguayan expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Brazil