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Uruguay · 1954–66José Santamaría
Rating
91
Caps
20
Goals
0
Life
1929–2026
Clubs
Club Nacional de Football, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
#7
Editorial rank of 33 for Uruguay
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Madrid's press called him El Muro, and he earned it across 337 matches for the club, having already done the rare thing of playing a World Cup for Uruguay in 1954 and another for Spain in 1962. He won four European Cups with Real Madrid in 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1966, six Spanish league titles, the 1960 Intercontinental Cup and a Copa del Generalísimo. Career record: 20 caps and 0 goals for Uruguay; club career at Club Nacional de Football, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol.
Career record
| 1948–1957 | Club Nacional de Football |
| 1957–1966 | Real Madrid Club de Fútbol |
| Uruguay | 20 caps, 0 goals |
Shared the era
Uruguay legends whose careers overlapped Santamaría's