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Rubí Cerioni

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Rubí Cerioni
Personal information
Full name Rubí Orlando Cerioni
Date of birth (1927-05-01)1 May 1927
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Date of death 17 March 2012(2012-03-17) (aged 84)
Place of death La Plata, Argentina
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1949 River Plate 2 (0)
1949–1950 Quilmes
1951–1952 Sporting de Barranquilla [es][1] 17 (14)
1952–1954 Deportivo Cali[2] 47 (29)
1954–1956 Quilmes
1957–1959 Atlas
1960 Toronto Roma
1961 O'Higgins
1962–1964 Toronto Roma
Managerial career
1964 Toronto Roma
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rubí Orlando Cerioni (1 May 1927 – 17 March 2012) was an Argentine footballer who played professionally in the Argentine Primera División, Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, Mexican Primera División, Chilean Primera División and Canadian National Soccer League.

Career

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Born in La Plata, Cerioni played as a forward. He began his career with the youth side of Gimnasia de La Plata. He made two Primera División appearances for River Plate, before joining Argentine Primera B Nacional side Quilmes in 1949.[3] Cerioni quickly became a part of the squad and helped Quilmes win the 1949 title. Over his two stints with the club, he scored 59 goals in 102 Primera and Primera B appearances for Quilmes.[4]

In 1951, Cerioni moved to Colombia to play for Sporting de Barranquilla [es] and Deportivo Cali. He returned to Quilmes, and spells with Atlas, Toronto Roma[5] and O'Higgins followed before he retired in 1962.[6]

Managerial career

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Cerioni served as a play-coach in 1964 for Toronto Roma in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League.[7]

Personal life

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His brothers Enrique, Alberto and Héctor also were footballers who played for Gimnasia La Plata.[8]

Cerioni died in March 2012.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sporting statistics @ Golgolgol.net
  2. ^ Cali statistics Archived 2011-11-13 at the Wayback Machine ! Golgolgol.net
  3. ^ a b "Las cenizas de Rubí Cerioni fueron esparcidas en el Estadio Centenario" [Rubí Cerioni's ashes were scattered in the Centenario Stadium] (in Spanish). Perspectiva Sur. 18 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Una Estrella más en el Cielo" [A star in the sky] (in Spanish). Diario Mas. 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Battle to draw". Winnipeg Free Press. 21 May 1962. p. 18.
  6. ^ Minig, Patricio Raúl (23 March 2012). "Se fue un pedazo de nuestra historia: Rubí Orlando Cerioni" [He was a piece of our history: Rubí Orlando Cerioni] (in Spanish). Alma los Blancos.
  7. ^ Orr, Frank (21 May 1964). "City plays 2 roles in loss to Roma". Toronto Daily Star. p. 17.
  8. ^ "Cerioni, Rubí Orlando". www.gelp.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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