Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide (12 October 1917 in

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– 22 February 2004 in Montevideo) was a

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player and coach. He was the

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for the Uruguay national team that won the

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. He was also the head coach for the Uruguayan team that 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 ...

Career

Born in

, into a Ticinese family originally from

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, Maspoli began playing in the youth ranks of

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. He would make his

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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. In the final match of the 1950 World Cup, known as the "

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" due to Uruguay's surprising win at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, in front of near 200,000 Brazilian fans, Máspoli allowed one goal as the visitors beat favorites

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2–1. Máspoli also coached Uruguayan club

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, with which he won five national championships, the

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and the 1966 Intercontinental Cup, when the team beat

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4–0 on aggregate. Later, he managed teams in Spain,

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and

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. 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. His remains are buried at

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Honours

As a player

Club

Nacional * Primera División:

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

* Torneo de Honor: 1935, 1938, 1939 * Torneo Competencia: 1934 Peñarol * Primera División:

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

International

Uruguay *

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1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

Individual

* FIFA World Cup All-Star Team:

* IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team (Team B)

As a manager

Club

Peñarol * Primera División:

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

* Intercontinental Cup:

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

Defensor Lima *

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1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

Barcelona SC *

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1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

International

Uruguay *

Gold medal:

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

References

External links

Peñarol Football Club
(English site) {{DEFAULTSORT:Maspoli, Roque 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 Copa Libertadores–winning managers 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen