Roberto Rafael Leopardi Laporta (born 19 July 1933) is 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
football
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midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
who was in
Uruguay’s squad for the
1954 FIFA World Cup
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...
.
He won the
1956 South American Championship
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with Uruguay.
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References
External links
FIFA profile
1933 births
Living people
Uruguayan men's footballers
Uruguay men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Uruguayan Primera División players
Serie A players
Club Nacional de Football players
Peñarol players
Miramar Misiones players
Genoa CFC players
1954 FIFA World Cup players
Copa América-winning players
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