Lorenzo Fernández

Lorenzo Fernández
Personal information
Date of birth	May 20, 1900
Place of birth	Redondela, Spain
Date of death	November 16, 1973 (aged 73)
Place of death	Montevideo, Uruguay
Position(s)	halfback (center-half)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1915–1917	C.A. Capurro
1918	River Plate F.C.
1919–1922	C.A. Capurro
1923	Atlético Wanderers
1924–1928	C.A. Capurro
1928–1935	Peñarol
International career
1925–1935	Uruguay
Managerial career
1941–1942	Peñarol
1950	Liverpool
Medal record
Representing Uruguay
Men's football
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Honours

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