José Francisco Sasía Lugo (27 December 1933 – 30 August 1996)[2] was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward.[1] He played for clubs of Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay and in the Uruguay national team in the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups.
 Sasía in 1965 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Francisco Sasía Lugo | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Treinta y Tres, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 30 August 1996 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–1959 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| 1960 | Boca Juniors | 13 | (3) |
| 1961–1965 | Peñarol | ||
| 1965 | Rosario Central | 26 | (6) |
| 1966–1967 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| 1968 | Nacional | ||
| 1969 | Racing de Montevideo | ||
| 1969 | Olimpia | ||
| 1970 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| International career | |||
| 1956–1966 | Uruguay | 43 | (12) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971 | Rampla Juniors | ||
| 1972 | Racing de Montevideo | ||
| Deportivo Galicia | |||
| Cerro | |||
| Aucas | |||
| 1976 | Liverpool | ||
| Progreso | |||
| Olimpia | |||
| Paraguay | |||
| 1979–1980 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||
| 1980 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
| 1986 | Unión Magdalena | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Honours
editPlayer
editPeñarol
- Uruguayan Primera División: 1961, 1962, 1963
- Copa Libertadores: 1961
- Copa Intercontinental: 1961
Olimpia
Uruguay
- Copa América: 1959
References
edit- ^ a b "José Sasía". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Necrológica: José Sasía" [Deaths: José Sasía] (in Spanish). ABC. 31 August 1996. p. 62.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to José Sasía.
- José Sasía – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at Zonacharrua.com Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- José Sasía at WorldFootball.net