South American Championship 1957
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The South American Championship 1957 was a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 tournament held in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

 and won by Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 with Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 as a second.

Humberto Maschio
Humberto Maschio
Humberto Dionisio Maschio is an Italian Argentine former football player.Maschio started playing at Arsenal of Lavallol to later move to Quilmes Atlético Club where he proved himself a prolific goal-scorer. He joined Racing Club in 1954, and transferred to Italy in 1957...

 from Argentina
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...

 and Javier Ambrois
Javier Ambrois
Javier Ambrois is a former Uruguayan footballer currently played for clubs of Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil and the Uruguay national football team in the FIFA World Cup Switzerland 1954.He and Humberto Maschio , are the all-time top scorers of the 1957 South American Championship, with 9...

 from Uruguay
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...

 became top scorers of the tournament with 9 goals each.

Final round

Team
6 5 0 1 25 6
19
|10
6 4 0 2 23 9
14
|8
6 4 0 2 15 12
3
|8
6 4 0 2 12 9
3
|8
6 2 0 4 10 25
|4
6 1 1 4 9 17
|3
6 0 1 5 7 23
|1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |0

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Match suspended at the 43rd minute due to pitch invasion

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Bolivia and Paraguay withdrew.
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Goal scorers

9 Goals

Humberto Maschio
Humberto Maschio
Humberto Dionisio Maschio is an Italian Argentine former football player.Maschio started playing at Arsenal of Lavallol to later move to Quilmes Atlético Club where he proved himself a prolific goal-scorer. He joined Racing Club in 1954, and transferred to Italy in 1957...


Javier Ambrois
Javier Ambrois
Javier Ambrois is a former Uruguayan footballer currently played for clubs of Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil and the Uruguay national football team in the FIFA World Cup Switzerland 1954.He and Humberto Maschio , are the all-time top scorers of the 1957 South American Championship, with 9...


8 Goals

Antonio Angelillo
Antonio Valentin Angelillo
Antonio Valentín Angelillo is an Italian Argentine former football forward who played the majority of his professional career in the Italian Serie A, and was a member of both the Argentine and the Italian national teams.-Club career:...


Didi
Valdir Pereira
Waldyr Pereira , nicknamed Didi , was a Brazilian footballer who played midfielder. He played in three World Cups: 1954, 1958, and 1962, winning the latter two. He is considered to be one of the greatest midfielders in the sport renowned for his range of passing, stamina and flawless technique...


Evaristo
Evaristo de Macedo
Evaristo de Macedo Filho is a former Brazilian footballer and coach. He was capped by Brazil 14 games scoring 8 goals. He played for Barcelona until 1962. Then, the Catalan officials tried to talk him into taking Spanish citizenship so he can play for Spain, but he refused...


5 Goals Alberto Terry
Alberto Terry
Alberto "Toto" Terry Arias-Schreiber was a former Peruvian footballer who played for Universitario de Deportes and the Peruvian national team, is recognized as Peru's most important midfielders....



4 Goals Larraz

3 Goals

Sívori
Omar Sivori
Enrique Omar Sívori was an Italian Argentine football striker and manager. He is known for his time with the successful Juventus side during the late 1950s and early 1960s. At club level he also played for River Plate and Napoli.On the international level, he first appeared for the Argentine...

 Pepe
José Macia
Pepe, real name José Macia, is a former association footballer and manager. He was left winger for Santos F.C. and the Brazilian national team...

 J. Fernández
J. Ramírez
Jaime Ramírez
Jaime Caupolicán Ramírez Banda was a Chilean football striker.-Club:He was skillful with the ball, he had great technique and even at his height, he had a great heading shot, he played in the junior divisions of Bádminton , Universidad de Chile in the Ballet Azul years, Colo-Colo champion with the...

 Carlos Arango Gamboa
Cantos Mosquera Campero
2 Goals

Corbatta
Omar Oreste Corbatta
Omar Oreste Corbatta Fernández was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward.Dubbed Arlequín and El dueño de la raya , he played for five teams in his country - six in total - namely Racing Club and Boca Juniors, winning four major titles and scoring 86 official goals with both teams...

 Cruz
Osvaldo Héctor Cruz
Osvaldo Héctor Cruz is a former Argentine footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, Brazil and Chile and the Argentina national football team in the FIFA World Cup Sweden 1958....


Joel
Joel Antônio Martins
Joel Antônio Martins was an association football winger.-Biography:Joel was born 23 November 1931 in Rio de Janeiro. His football career began when he was discovered by Botafogo in 1948, at the age of 17 years...

 Zizinho
Zizinho
Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho , was a Brazilian football player, who played as an attacking midfielder or winger for Brazil's national team. He came to international prominence at the 1950 World Cup, where scored two goals...


Verdejo Rivera
1 Goal

Sanfilippo
José Sanfilippo
José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo is a former Argentine footballer.During his club career he played for San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Banfield in Argentina, Nacional in Uruguay and Bangu and SC Bahia in Brazil He also earned 29 caps and scored 21 goals for the Argentina national football team,...

 S. Espinosa A. Carrillo Alvarez
J. Gutiérrez Valencia Bassa Seminario
Juan Seminario
Juan Roberto Seminario Rodríguez is a retired Peruvian football player, recognized as one of Peru's most important strikers...


Carranza Roque Sasía

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