Abdón Porte
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Libertad, Durazno Department, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 5 March 1918 | ||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1910 | Colón | ||
| 1911 | Libertad | ||
| 1911-1918 | Nacional | 207 | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Abdón Porte (1893 - 5 March 1918) was an Uruguayan footballer.
Playing career
Club career
Porte played for Colón from 1910. He moved to Libertad in 1911 before transferring to Nacional in the same year.[1]
Playing for Nacional Porte won four league titles. Until his death he played 207 times.[1][2]
International career
Porte was a member of the Uruguay squad that won the 1917 South American Championship but did not play a game at the tournament.[3]
Death
Porte shot himself in the centre of the Estadio Gran Parque Central during the night of 5 March 1918. His death followed period in which he was not selected for the first team. His body and a suicide note were found the next morning.[4]
The western stand at the Parque Central was named in his honour.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ABDON PORTE (Nacional, Anos 10)" (in Portuguese). Planeta do Futebol. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ↑ "La Muerte de Abdón Porte" (in Spanish). Club Nacional de Football. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ↑ "Southamerican Championship 1917". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ↑ Galeano, Eduardo H. (1998). "Death on the Field". Soccer in sun and shadow. Verso. p. 41.
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