Victoriano Santos Iriarte (November 2, 1902 — 10 November 1968), nicknamed "El Canario" (The Canary), was an Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an football forward

Striker

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, member of the Uruguay national team

Uruguay national football team

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 that won the first ever World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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 in 1930

1930 FIFA World Cup

The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...

, and of Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division.Racing Club is known as "La Escuelita" due to the excellent players that resulted from the team, it was like a player machine...

 at the club level.

Iriarte, an outside left, played all four of Uruguay's matches in the 1930 World Cup and scored two goals; one in the semifinal against Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia national football team

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 and the one in the 68th minute of the final match to give Uruguay a 3-2 lead in their comeback win against Argentina

Argentina national football team

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