Club career

Porte played for Colón from 1910. He moved to Libertad in 1911 before transferring to Nacional

Club Nacional de Football

Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....

 in the same year.

Playing for Nacional Porte won four league titles. Until his death he played 207 times.

International career

Porte was a member of the Uruguay

Uruguay national football team

The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...

 squad that won the 1917 South American Championship but did not play a game at the tournament.

Death

Porte shot himself in the centre of the Estadio Gran Parque Central

Estadio Gran Parque Central

The Estadio Gran Parque Central, usually just Parque Central, is the stadium of Club Nacional de Football. It is located in Montevideo, Uruguay, near Nacional headquarters , in the La Blanqueada neighbourhood...

during the night of 5 March 1918. His death followed period in which he was not selected for the first team. His body and a suicide note were found the next morning.

The western stand at the Parque Central was named in his honour.