Héctor Scarone

Héctor Pedro Scarone Beretta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who was considered as one of the best players in the world during his time.[1]

Héctor Scarone
Scarone with Uruguay in 1926
Personal information
Full name Héctor Pedro Scarone Beretta
Date of birth (1898-11-26)26 November 1898
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 4 April 1967(1967-04-04) (aged 68)
Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1917–1926 Nacional 115 (108)
1926–1927 Barcelona 18 (17)
1927–1931 Nacional 45 (39)
1931–1932 Inter 14 (7)
1932–1934 Palermo 54 (13)
1934–1939 Nacional 31 (16)
Total 277 (200)
National team
1917–1930 Uruguay 51 (31)
Teams managed
1947–1948 Millonarios
1951–1952 Real Madrid
Nacional
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

At club level, Scarone spent most of his career with Nacional, with whom he won the Uruguayan championship eight times. He scored a total of 301 goals for the club in 369 appearances.

He also played for Spanish side FC Barcelona, and Inter Milan and Palermo in Italy.

International career

He won the South American Championship four times: in 1917, 1923, 1924, and 1926, and the Olympic gold medal twice: in 1924 and 1928 recognized as FIFA World Cup.[2][3]

At the age of 19, he scored the goal that gave Uruguay the title at the 1917 South American Championship, in the final against Argentina, his fourth international match.

Scarone finished his international career by leading Uruguay to the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and although his international career ended that same year, the 31 goals in 52 matches (actually 52, but 21 goals were in unofficial matches) he scored for his country stood until as of 2011 as the national record.

International goals

Uruguay's goal tally first

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 October 1917Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay Brazil1–04–01917 South American Championship
2.14 October 1917Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay Argentina1–01–0
3.28 July 1918Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay Argentina1–03–11918 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo
4.13 May 1919Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Argentina2–03–21919 South American Championship
5.18 July 1919Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay Argentina1–04–11919 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo
6.3–0
7.17 September 1919Estadio Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina1–02–11919 Copa Lipton
8.2–0
9.7 December 1919Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay Argentina3–14–21919 Trofeo Circular
10.18 July 1920Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay Argentina1–02–01920 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo
11.4 November 1923Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay Paraguay1–02–01923 South American Championship
12.26 May 1924Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France Yugoslavia2–07–01924 Summer Olympics
13.29 May 1924Stade Bergeyre, Paris, France United States2–03–0
14.1 June 1924Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France France1–05–1
15.2–1
16.6 June 1924Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France Netherlands2–12–1
17.17 October 1926Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile Chile3–03–11926 South American Championship
18.28 October 1926Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile Bolivia1–06–0
19.2–0
20.3–0
21.4–0
22.6–0
23.29 August 1927Estadio Ministro Brin y Senguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina1–01–01927 Copa Lipton
24.6 November 1927Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Bolivia9–09–01927 South American Championship
25.20 November 1927Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Argentina1–02–3
26.2–2
27.10 December 1927Viña del Mar, Chile Chile3–23–2Friendly
28.30 May 1928Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands1–02–01928 Summer Olympics
29.7 June 1928Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands Italy3–13–2
30.13 June 1928Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands Argentina2–12–11928 Summer Olympics Gold Medal match replay
31.21 July 1930Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Romania2–04–01930 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Club Nacional

Uruguay

Managerial career and later life

After retiring as a player, Scarone became a football coach. He was the second manager of Millonarios since its origins, from 1947 to 1948, while the club was still an amateur team. He was manager of Nacional and Real Madrid in the 1950s. He died in 1967 in Montevideo, aged 68.

References
  1. "HECTOR SCARONE, THE URUGUAYAN WIZARD". INTER Official Site. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. "InfoPlus" (PDF) (in Spanish). FIFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  3. "Uruguay: dos Mundiales, cuatro estrellas" (in Spanish). EL PAIS. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
World Cup-winners status
New title Oldest Living Player
July 30, 1930 – April 4, 1967		 Succeeded by
Domingo Tejera
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