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{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (1922-2002)}}
{{family name hatnote|Tejera|Kirkerup|lang=Spanish}}
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|fullname=Eusebio Ramón Tejera Kirkerup
|birth_date={{Birth date|1922|1|6}}
|birth_place=[[Uruguay]]
|death_date={{Death date and age|2002|11|9|1922|1|6}}
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|position=[[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|years1=1943–1945|clubs1=[[Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo)|River Plate Montevideo]]|caps1=|goals1=
|years2=1945–1950|clubs2=[[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]|caps2=|goals2=
|years3=1950–1951|clubs3=[[Cúcuta Deportivo]]|caps3=|goals3=
|years4=1951–1955|clubs4=[[Defensor Sporting]]|caps4=|goals4=
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|nationalyears1=1945–1954|nationalteam1=[[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]|nationalcaps1=31|nationalgoals1=3
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{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
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'''Eusebio Ramón Tejera Kirkerup''' [http://www.elpais.com.uy/02/11/12/pciuda_19409.asp] (6 January 1922 in [[Montevideo]] – 9 November 2002) was a [[Uruguay]]an [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]].

From 1945 to 1950 he played for [[Club Nacional de Football]], winning the Uruguayan championship in 1946, 47 and 50. He also earned 31 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[Uruguay national football team]] from 1945 to 1954. He was part of Uruguay's championship team at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]], known for the final match dubbed the Maracanazo, and also participated in the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]].

==External links==
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*[http://www.nacionaldigital.com/idolos/Idolos/tejera.htm Profile (in Spanish)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714145853/http://www.nacionaldigital.com/idolos/Idolos/tejera.htm |date=2011-07-14 }}

{{1950 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament}}
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[[Category:1922 births]]
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[[Category:Uruguayan men's footballers]]
[[Category:Uruguay men's international footballers]]
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[[Category:Club Nacional de Football players]]
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[[Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia]]
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[[Category:20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen]]
[[Category:Footballers from Montevideo]]


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