Roque Máspoli
 Máspoli as Peñarol goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1917 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 February 2004 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –1933 | Nacional | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1933–1939 | Nacional | 49 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1939–1940 |
Liverpool Montevideo | 46 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1940–1955 |
Peñarol | 253 | (20) | |||||||||||
| Total | 348 | (23) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1945–1955 | Uruguay | 40 | (1[1]) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1955 |
Peñarol | |||||||||||||
| 1956 | Danubio | |||||||||||||
| 1963–1967 |
Peñarol | |||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | Elche | |||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 |
Peñarol | |||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Defensor Lima | |||||||||||||
| 1975 | El Nacional | |||||||||||||
| 1975–1977 | Ecuador | |||||||||||||
| 1976 |
Peñarol | |||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Sporting Cristal | |||||||||||||
| 1979–1982 | Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 |
Peñarol | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | Barcelona SC | |||||||||||||
| 1988 |
Peñarol | |||||||||||||
| 1992 |
Peñarol | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | Uruguay | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide (12 October 1917 in Montevideo – 22 February 2004 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He was the goalkeeper for the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup. He was also the head coach for the Uruguayan team that won the 1980 Mundialito.
Career
Born in
After one season with Liverpool, he joined
In the final match of the 1950 World Cup, known as the "
Máspoli also coached Uruguayan club
.In the 1980s, Máspoli spent several years coaching the Uruguay national team. He took charge again in 1997, becoming the oldest ever manager of any national football team at the age of 80.
Roque Máspoli was hospitalized on 10 February 2004 with heart trouble. He died twelve days later at the age of 86.[3] His remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.[6]
Honours
As a player
Club
Nacional
- 1939
- Torneo de Honor: 1935, 1938, 1939
- Torneo Competencia: 1934
Peñarol
International
Uruguay
Individual
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1950[citation needed]
- IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team (Team B)[7]
As a manager
Club
Peñarol
- Primera División: 1964, 1965, 1967, 1985, 1986
- Intercontinental Cup: 1966
- Copa Libertadores: 1966
Defensor Lima
- Peruvian Primera División: 1973
Barcelona SC
International
Uruguay
- 1981
References
- ^ Data about Máspoli
- ^ "Roque Gastón Maspoli (1917-2004)". ti.ch. Repubblica e Cantone Ticino. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "Maspoli, Uruguay's goalkeeping great". FIFA.com. 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Falleció Roque Máspoli, portero del "Maracanazo" de 1950". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ Máspoli at Peñarol
- ^ Farewell to Máspoli (in Spanish)
- ^ "IFFHS All-Time Uruguay Men's Dream Team". IFFHS. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
External links
- Peñarol Football Club (English site)
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