Pablo Justo Forlán Lamarque (born July 14, 1945 in Soriano

Soriano

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) is a retired Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an footballer

Football (soccer)

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, the father of Diego Forlán

Diego Forlán

Diego Forlán Corazo is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Internazionale and the Uruguayan national team. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe, and also received the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2010 World Cup.Forlán was born...

, and son-in-law of Juan Carlos Corazo

Juan Carlos Corazo

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. His mother was of Uruguayan and Spanish descent.

As a professional footballer Pablo Forlán played for Peñarol (1963–1970), São Paulo FC (1970–1976), Cruzeiro EC (1977), Nacional de Montevideo (1978) and Defensor Sporting (1979–1984). During his career he helped win the Uruguayan league (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1978, 1980, 1982), the Copa Libertadores (1966), the Intercontinental Cup

Intercontinental Cup (football)

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 (1966) and the São Paulo state championship

Campeonato Paulista

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 (1970, 1971, 1975).

Pablo Forlán was also a Uruguayan international

Uruguay national football team

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, who played at the 1966

1966 FIFA World Cup

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 and 1974

1974 FIFA World Cup

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 FIFA World Cups

FIFA World Cup

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.