{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (1920-1988)}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Ubaldo Cruche |image = Ubaldo Cruche, Estadio, 1945-06-15 (109).jpg |alt = Image of Ubaldo Cruche from June 15, 1945 |caption = Cruche with Universidad de Chile in 1945 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|5|25|mf=yes}} |birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay |death_date = {{Death year and age|1988|1920}} |death_place = |position = Forward |years1 = 1938–1944 |clubs1 = Peñarol |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1945–1948 |clubs2 = Universidad de Chile |caps2 = 48 |goals2 = 43 |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1941 |nationalteam1 = Uruguay<ref>{{cite web |title=Ubaldo Cruche - AUF |url=https://auf.org.uy/ubaldo-cruche/ |website=auf.org.uy |access-date=22 March 2024 |language=es}}</ref> |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 1 }} '''Ubaldo Cruche''' (May 25, 1920 – 1988) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward for clubs in both Uruguay and Chile as well as for the Uruguay national team in the Copa América 1941. He was born in Montevideo in May 1920 and died in 1988.<ref>[https://www.labullanguera.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Libro-U-90-años.pdf Club Universidad de Chile: 90 años]{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
==Career== * Peñarol 1938–1944 * Universidad de Chile 1945–1948
During his stint with Universidad de Chile, Cruche scored 44 goals in 48 appearances.<ref name="90años">{{cite book |last1=Azul Azul S.A. |title=90 AÑOS 1927 – 2017 MÁS QUE UNA PASIÓN |date=April 2017 |publisher=Ediciones Babieca |location=Santiago, Chile |pages=44 |edition=1 |url=https://pdfcoffee.com/libro-u-90-anos-1pdf-pdf-free.html |access-date=22 March 2024 |language=es |format=PDF}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Peñarol''' * Uruguayan Championship: 1938
'''Individual''' * Chilean Championship top scorer: 1945, 1946<ref name="90años"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{BDFA|<!-- UBALDO-CRUCHE- -->80278|Ubaldo Cruche}}
{{Uruguay squad 1941 South American Championship}} {{PDC topscorers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cruche, Ubaldo}} Category:1920 births Category:1988 deaths Category:Footballers from Montevideo Category:Uruguayan men's footballers Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Category:Uruguay men's international footballers Category:Copa América–winning players Category:Uruguayan Primera División players Category:Peñarol players Category:Chilean Primera División players Category:Club Universidad de Chile footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Category:Men's association football forwards Category:20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen
{{Uruguay-footy-forward-1920s-stub}}