Lorenzo Fernández

For the Brazilian composer, see Oscar Lorenzo Fernández.
Lorenzo Fernández
Personal information
Date of birthMay 20, 1900
Place of birthRedondela,[1] Spain
Date of deathNovember 16, 1973 (aged 73)
Place of deathMontevideo, Uruguay
Playing positionhalfback (center-half)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1915–1917C.A. Capurro
1918River Plate F.C.
1919–1922C.A. Capurro
1923Atlético Wanderers
1924–1928C.A. Capurro
1928–1935Peñarol
National team
1925–1935Uruguay31(4)
Teams managed
1941–1942Peñarol
1950Liverpool
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Uruguay
Men's Football
Gold 1928 Amsterdam Team Competition

Lorenzo Fernández (May 20, 1900 – November 16, 1973), nicknamed El Gallego (The Galician), was a Spanish-born Uruguayan footballer. During his career, he played for Capurro, River Plate, Montevideo Wanderers FC and C.A. Peñarol. Fernández also played 31 times and scored 4 goals for the Uruguay national football team, with which he won the 1930 FIFA World Cup, the gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, and the 1926 and 1935 Copa Americas. A center-half in the 2–3–5 footballing system, he once replaced Jose Pedro Cea as an inside-left forward against Peru for the 1929 South American Championship (the then Copa America) and scored a hat trick.

In 1941 and 1942, he coached Peñarol.[2]

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