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 Montevideo, into a Ticinese family originally from Caslano, 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.
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.
Máspoli also coached Uruguayan club Peñarol, 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.
Honours
As a player
Club
Nacional
- Primera División: 1933, 1934, 1939
- Torneo de Honor: 1935, 1938, 1939
- Torneo Competencia: 1934
Peñarol
- Primera División: 1944, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954
International
Uruguay
- FIFA World Cup: 1950
Individual
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1950
- IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team (Team B)
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
- Serie A: 1987
International
Uruguay
- 1980 Mundialito Gold medal: 1981
References
External links
- Peñarol Football Club (English site)