Oscar Míguez

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Omar Oscar Miguez (December 5, 1927 – August 19, 2006) was a Uruguayan footballer. He was part of the Uruguay team in the 1950 and 1954 World Cups, where he played as a striker, and is Uruguay's all-time record World Cup goalscorer with eight goals. He also played club football for C.A. Peñarol Montevideo.

Oscar 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 hat-trick against Bolivia in an 8-0 win in the play-off for the final group. He struck the other two against Sweden in the last fifteen minutes of their in the final group, turning the tie around to win 3-2. 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 Czechoslovakia and twice in a 7-0 win over Scotland. He also played in the quarter-final, defeating England 4-2, but was injured for Uruguay's defeats in the semi-final (4-2 a.e.t. against Hungary) and the third-place play-off (3-1 against Austria).

He passed away in 2006 at the age of 78. [1]