Roberto Ferreiro
Appearance
![]() Ferreiro in 1972. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roberto Oscar Ferreiro | ||
Date of birth | 25 April 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Avellaneda, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 20 April 2017 | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1958–1968 | Independiente | 241 | (0) |
1968–1970 | River Plate | 86 | (0) |
Total | 327 | (0) | |
National team | |||
1962–1966 | Argentina | 18 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1973–1974 | Independiente | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Roberto Oscar Ferreiro (25 April 1935 – 20 April 2017) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Ferreiro played club football for Independiente and River Plate.[1][2]
He earned 18 caps in the Argentina national team between 1962 and 1966.[1]
After retiring as a player Ferreiro went on to become a manager, taking charge at Independiente in the 1970s. He led the team to a number of championships, including the 1973 Intercontinental Cup[3] and Copa Libertadores 1974.[4]
Ferreiro died on 20 April 2017 in Buenos Aires at the age of 81.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Roberto Ferreiro". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de ROBERTO FERREIRO -roberto oscar ferreiro- (perfil, ficha, profile, stats)". www.bdfa.com.ar.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup - Winning Coaches". www.rsssf.com.
- ↑ "Copa Libertadores - Winning Coaches". www.rsssf.com.
- ↑ "Dolor en Independiente: falleció Roberto "Pipo" Ferreiro - El Intransigente". www.elintransigente.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2019-02-15.