Héctor Castro

Héctor Castro (known as el Manco - the penguin, or el Divino manco then) is a former player of Football Uruguyan, born the November 29th 1904 with Montevideo and dead the September 15th 1960 in the same city, having played at the post of center-forward.

He had the characteristic to have lost the right hand at the 13 years age, by handling a power saw.

Hardly three years after the stop of its career of player, he became the trainer headlight of the championship, near his “club of always” Nacional, then victorious 5 times consecutively of 1939 to 1943.

Clubs

CA Lito Montevideo (disappeared): 1921 to 1923
: 1923 to 1932
Estudiantes of Plata: 1932 to 1933 (a few months)
: 1933 to 1936

Prize list

Player

National selection

25 official selections of 1924 with 1935 with Celestial the , and 20 goals (including 2 out of CM 1930 1st Uruguyan with scorer-, and 2 with the 1928 Olympics)
World champion in 1930
Olympic champion in 1928
Champion of South America in 1926 (2nd scorer with 6 goals) and 1935
Vice-champion of South America in 1927
Lipton Cut (against Argentina) in 1924, 1927 and 1929
Cut Newton (against Argentina) in 1929 and 1930

Club

231 matches of 1st Uruguyan series with the Nacional , of 1923 to 1936, and 145 goals
Champion of Uruguay in 1924 (amateur - Nacional), then 1933 and 1934 (professional - Nacional)
Turned European of 1925 (Nacional - 153 days through 9 states)
Turned northern and central American of 1927 (Nacional)

Trainer

Champion of Uruguay to 5 recoveries, in 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1952 (Nacional)
Champion Rioplatense (Cut of Dr. Ricardo C. Aldao, vis-a-vis the Argentinian champion) in 1940 and 1942 (Nacional)
Champion of Uruguay in 1939: like trainer-assistant of the Scot William Reaside

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