Ruben Morán (6 August 1930 in Montevideo – 3 January 1978 in Montevideo) 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 ...

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, who played for

C.A. Cerro Club Atlético Cerro, usually known simply as Cerro, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Segunda División. Founded in 1922, the club plays its home games at Estadio Luis Tróccoli. ...

. For the

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, he was part of the

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 ...

winning team, and he played in only one match in the tournament, the decisive match against Brazil that clinched the title for Uruguay. He scored 1 goal in 5 matches.

References

World Cup Champions Squads 1930 - 2002A primeira grande zebra do Mundial
(in Portuguese)

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1930 births 1978 deaths Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's international footballers 1950 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players C.A. Cerro players {{uruguay-footy-forward-stub Men's association football forwards