Nelson Luis Marcenaro Nieves (4 September 1952 – 13 May 2021) was an Uruguayan

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, Marcenaro played club football for Progreso, Portuguesa,

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, and Emelec. With Peñarol he won the national title on four occasions, and also won the

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and Intercontinental Cup. He also earned 8 caps for the Uruguay national team between 1979 and 1981, they won the

1980 Mundialito The 1980–81 FIFA World Champions' Gold Cup (Spanish for ''"Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales"''), also known as Mundialito (''"Little World Cup"''), was an international football tournament organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and su ...

Personal life

His brother

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was also a footballer and later a coach. From 2014 he worked to support former footballers with food and housing. He suffered a stroke in March 2020. He died on 13 May 2021, aged 68, from a heart attack.

References

1952 births 2021 deaths Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's international footballers C.A. Progreso players Portuguesa F.C. players Peñarol players C.S. Emelec footballers Men's association football defenders Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Footballers from Montevideo 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-footy-defender-1950s-stub