Abdón Porte
Uruguayan footballer (1893-1918) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abdón Porte (1893 – 5 March 1918) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as defensive midfielder.[1] Nicknamed El Indio he won many titles with his club Nacional, and also a Copa América with the Uruguay national team. He committed suicide on 5 March 1918, by shooting himself in the center of the field at Estadio Gran Parque Central, an incident still remembered by the sport community of Uruguay.[2]
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Date of birth | 1893 (1893) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Libertad, Durazno Department, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 5 March 1918(1918-03-05) (aged 24–25) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1910 | Colón | ||||||||||||||||
1911 | Libertad | ||||||||||||||||
1911–1918 | Nacional | 207 | |||||||||||||||
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1913–1917 | Uruguay | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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