Roberto Scarone ( Spanish: Roberto Scarone Rivera ; July 16, 1917 - April 25, 1994 ) - Uruguayan footballer and coach.
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| Born | July 16, 1917 Montevideo , Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 25, 1994 (aged 76) Montevideo , Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right back , coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Player Career
He acted as a right-back. In his homeland he managed to play for both grandees of Uruguayan football - “Peñarol” and “Nacional”. In 1939 he left for Argentina, where he played for Gymnasia from La Plata for 9 years, where he became one of the team’s star and key players. [one]
He ended his career as a football player Roberto Scarone in clubs in Mexico - in "America", "Leon" and "Monterrey". Subsequently, all three Mexican teams Scarone led as a coach.
Coach Career
Roberto Scarone is one of the most outstanding coaches in the history of South American football. Among his talents were the ability to motivate his teams in the most difficult situations. Friendlies, which he organized between the main and reserve squads of the clubs, entered the history. The intensity of the struggle in such matches was so great that hundreds of fans tried to get into training in order to watch football of the highest level.
Scarone demanded that his players play power football, give accurate passes, quickly navigate the moments created, although the methods of work that he used were often criticized.
As the head coach of Peñarol, he led the club to two victories in the first draws of the Libertadores Cup (1960 and 1961). In 1967, he brought another Uruguayan grand, Nacional, to the Libertadores Cup finals, as did the Peruvian Universitario in 1972 - this is the highest achievement of the most titled club of Peru on the international scene to this day.
Titles
As a player
- Uruguay Champion (1): 1938
As a trainer
- Intercontinental Cup (1): 1961
- Copa Libertadores (2): 1960 , 1961
- Champion of Uruguay (4): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966
- Champion of Peru (4): 1957, 1969, 1971, 1982
- Champion of Mexico (1): 1965/66
Notes
Links
- Short note about Roberto Scaron on the FIFA website (inaccessible link)