Francisco Urroz (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the family name is Urroz.

Francisco Urroz

File:Francisco Urroz, Estadio, 1943-10-08 (54).jpg
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Urroz Martínez
Date of birth	(1920-12-14)14 December 1920
Place of birth	Higuerote, Venezuela
Date of death
Place of death	Concón, Chile
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	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 football defender.

Club career

Urroz played for Unión Española, becoming team captain and won the 1947 Primera División de Chile along with Colo-Colo.

International career

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

Personal life

Urroz was born in Higuerote, Venezuela. He died in Concón on 22 January 1992, at the age of 71. 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.

Honours

Unión Española

• Primera División (1): 1943

Colo-Colo

• Primera División (1): 1947

External links

• FIFA profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 May 2010)
• Francisco Urroz at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)