Juan Carlos Corazzo (14 December 1907 – 12 January 1986) was a Uruguayan

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player and manager.

Career

Corazzo played for Argentine club Independiente in the 1930s. Corazzo later coached

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at the

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. Corazzo held the Uruguay national football team record for most consecutive games without loss from 1967 to 1968 (14 games), until

Óscar Tabárez Óscar Washington Tabárez Silva (; born 3 March 1947), known as ''El Maestro'' (The Teacher), is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player. He most recently coached the Uruguay national team. After an unassuming career as ...

surpassed it with 18 consecutive games between 2011 and 2012.

Personal life

He is the grandfather of Diego Forlán and father-in-law of

Pablo Forlán Pablo Justo Forlán Lamarque (born July 14, 1945 in Mercedes, Soriano) is a retired Uruguayan footballer, the father of Diego Forlán, and son-in-law of Juan Carlos Corazzo. His mother was of Uruguayan and Spanish descent. Career As a profe ...

References

1907 births 1986 deaths Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan expatriate footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Uruguayan football managers Uruguay national football team managers Argentine Primera División players Expatriate footballers in Argentina 1962 FIFA World Cup managers Uruguayan people of Italian descent Men's association football midfielders Danubio F.C. managers {{Uruguay-footy-bio-stub