Jorge Manicera

Jorge Manicera

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Carlos Manicera Fuentes
Date of birth	(1938-11-04)4 November 1938
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	18 September 2012(2012-09-18) (aged 73)
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1967	Uruguay	22	(0)

Jorge Carlos Manicera Fuentes (4 November 1938 – 18 September 2012) was a Uruguayan football defender.[1]

Manicera made 22 appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1962 to 1967,[2] and played in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.[3]

He died on 18 September 2012, and is buried at Buceo Cemetery.[4]

Clubs

• 1958-1961 - Rampla Juniors
• 1962-1966 - Nacional
• 1967-1970 - Flamengo
• 1971-???? - CA Cerro

Honours

• Uruguayan League - 1963, 1966
• Played in 1966 FIFA World Cup

References

1. "Aos 73 anos, morre Jorge Manicera, ex-zagueiro uruguaio do Flamengo". Gazeta Esportiva.Net. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
2. "Jorge Manicera - AUF". Retrieved 10 September 2021.
3. Jorge Manicera – FIFA competition record (archived)
4. "Obituary of Jorge Manicera" (in Spanish). EL PAIS. 19 September 2012.