 Máspoli as Peñarol goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1917-10-12)12 October 1917 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 February 2004(2004-02-22) (aged 86) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | 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 inMontevideo – 22 February 2004 in Montevideo) was aUruguayanfootball player and coach. He was thegoalkeeper for theUruguay national team that won the1950 World Cup. He was also the head coach for the Uruguayan team that won the1980 Mundialito.
Born inMontevideo, into aTicinese family originally fromCaslano,[2] Maspoli began playing in the youth ranks ofClub Nacional de Football. He would make hisUruguayan Primera División debut withLiverpool de Montevideo in 1939.[3]
After one season with Liverpool, he joinedC.A. Peñarol. He would spend the rest of his playing career with Peñarol, winning six Primera titles with the club.[3]
In the final match of the 1950 World Cup, known as the "Maracanazo" due to Uruguay's surprising win at theMaracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, in front of near 200,000 Brazilian fans, Máspoli allowed one goal as the visitors beat favoritesBrazil 2–1.[4]
Máspoli also coached Uruguayan clubPeñarol,[5] with which he won five national championships, theCopa Libertadores and the 1966Intercontinental Cup, when the team beatReal Madrid 4–0 on aggregate. Later, he managed teams in Spain,Peru andEcuador.
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 atCementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.[6]
Nacional
Peñarol
Uruguay
Peñarol
Defensor Lima
Barcelona SC
Uruguay
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