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[edit]
Born in Montevideo, into a Ticinese family originally from Caslano,[2] Maspoli began playing in the youth ranks of Club Nacional de Football. He would make his Uruguayan Primera División debut with Liverpool de Montevideo in 1939.[3]
After one season with Liverpool, he joined C.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 the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, in front of near 200,000 Brazilian fans, Máspoli allowed one goal as the visitors beat favorites Brazil 2–1.[4]
Máspoli also coached Uruguayan club Peñarol,[5] with which he won five national championships, the Copa Libertadores and the 1966 Intercontinental Cup, when the team beat Real Madrid 4–0 on aggregate. Later, he managed teams in Spain, Peru and Ecuador.
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[edit]
As a player[edit]
Club[edit]
Nacional
- Primera División: 1933, 1934, 1939
- Torneo de Honor: 1935, 1938, 1939
- Torneo Competencia: 1934
Peñarol
International[edit]
Uruguay
Individual[edit]
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1950[citation needed]
- IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team (Team B)[7]
As a manager[edit]
Club[edit]
Peñarol
- Primera División: 1964, 1965, 1967, 1985, 1986
- Intercontinental Cup: 1966
- Copa Libertadores: 1966
Defensor Lima
Barcelona SC
International[edit]
Uruguay
- 1980 Mundialito Gold medal: 1981
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- Peñarol Football Club (English site)
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- 1917 births
- 2004 deaths
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguay men's international footballers
- 1950 FIFA World Cup players
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players
- Peñarol players
- Uruguayan football managers
- Peñarol managers
- Elche CF managers
- 1979 Copa América managers
- Uruguay national football team managers
- Sporting Cristal managers
- Barcelona S.C. managers
- Club Olimpia managers
- Expatriate football managers in Ecuador
- Expatriate football managers in Peru
- Expatriate football managers in Spain
- Ecuador national football team managers
- Burials at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo
- Uruguayan people of Swiss-Italian descent
- 1975 Copa América managers
- Uruguayan expatriates in Spain
- Danubio F.C. managers
- C.D. El Nacional managers
- River Plate Montevideo managers