 Scarone in 1972 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Scarone Rivera | ||
| Date of birth | (1917-07-16)16 July 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 25 April 1994(1994-04-25) (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1939 | Peñarol | ||
| 1939–1943 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||
| 1943–1945 | América | ||
| 1945–1947 | Atlante | ||
| 1948 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1948–1951 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||
| 1952–1953 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| 1953–1955 | Centro Iqueño | ||
| 1956 | Audax Italiano | ||
| 1957 | Centro Iqueño | ||
| 1958–1959 | Alianza Lima | ||
| 1959–1962 | Peñarol | ||
| 1962 | Uruguay | ||
| 1963–1964 | Monterrey | ||
| 1965–1966 | América | ||
| 1966–1967 | Nacional | ||
| 1968 | Monterrey | ||
| 1969–1974 | Universitario | ||
| 1972–1973 | Peru | ||
| 1975 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 1977 | Ñublense | ||
| 1979 | Juan Aurich | ||
| 1982 | Universitario | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Roberto Scarone Rivera (16 July 1917 – 25 April 1994) was a Uruguayanfootball player and manager. He is mainly known for his successful managing spell at the helm of the Uruguayan powerhousePeñarol in the early 1960s.
Scarone started playing professionally at his hometown club Peñarol in the 1930s. In 1939, at the age of 22, he moved toGimnasia La Plata in Argentina where he spent four seasons. Between 1943 and 1947 he had spells with Mexican sidesAmérica andAtlante before coming back to Gimnasia in 1948. That same year he retired from active football and immediately took over as the club's coach.
His then spent the following three decades coaching a number of South American clubs in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Mexico. His greatest successes came in the early 1960s with Peñarol with whom he won three consecutiveUruguayan championships in 1959, 1960 and 1961, twoCopa Libertadores titles (in 1960 and 1961) and the 1961Intercontinental Cup.[1] On account of his success with Peñarol he was made a member of theUruguay national football team coaching staff in the1962 FIFA World Cup, along withJuan Carlos Corazzo,Juan López Fontana andHugo Bagnulo.
He also had considerable success coaching in Peru, winning fourPeruvian championships withCentro Iqueño andUniversitario de Deportes, and even took Universitario to the finals of the1972 Copa Libertadores. In addition, he won the1965–66 Mexican championship withClub América. He also had a brief stint managingPeru national football team in the1974 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.
Scarone retired from coaching in 1982. After suffering fromAlzheimer's disease in his later years, Scarone died on 25 April 1994 in his hometown of Montevideo.