Óscar Míguez
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Full name | Óscar Omar Miguez Antón | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 December 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 August 2006 | (aged 78)|||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Artigas, Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1948–1959 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||||||||
1960 | Sporting Cristal | |||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1950–1958 | Uruguay | 39 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Óscar Omar Miguez Antón (5 December 1927 – 19 August 2006) was a
striker
, and is Uruguay's all-time record World Cup goalscorer with eight goals.
He played club football for Peñarol, and finished his career with Sporting Cristal.[1]
Omar Miguez scored five times for his country on the way to a World Cup winners medal in 1950. He played all four games Uruguay played, scoring a
sensational defeat of Brazil would have been useless, had it not been for the victory against Sweden. He also played in the other two final group games against Spain and Brazil
.
He also played in the 1954 World Cup. He scored three times in the group stage, once in a 2–0 win over
). From 1950–1958 he played 39 times scoring 27 goals which makes him the top 5th goalscorer for his country, only needing 4 goals to break the record.He died in 2006 at the age of 78.[1] His remains are buried at the Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.[2]
Career statistics
International
- Source:[3]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Uruguay | 1950 | 8 | 7 |
1951 | 0 | 0 | |
1952 | 5 | 6 | |
1953 | 1 | 1 | |
1954 | 6 | 4 | |
1955 | 5 | 3 | |
1956 | 8 | 4 | |
1957 | 4 | 1 | |
1958 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 39 | 27 |
References
- ^ a b c Pérez Torres, Laura (26 August 2006). "Obituario / 'Cotorra' Miguez: Futbolista del 'Maracanazo'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Vol. XVIII, no. 6098. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ^ "Avisos Funebres: Oscar Omar Miguez Anton". LaRed21 (in Spanish). 21 August 2006. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Oscar Míguez - AUF". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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