Roberto Saporiti

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Roberto Saporiti
Saporiti in 2009
Personal information
Full name Roberto Marcos Saporiti
Date of birth (1939-04-11) 11 April 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1961 Independiente 16 (3)
1962–1963 Lanús 34 (14)
1963–1964 Deportivo Español 42 (16)
1965 Unión La Calera 24 (8)
1966 Millonarios
1966 Independiente Medellín
1967 Santiago Morning 24 (13)
1968 Racing Montevideo
1968 Atlético Mineiro 1 (0)
1968–1969 Monterrey
1969–1970 Belenenses 39 (13)
1971 Platense 10 (1)
1971–1972 Limoges FC
1972–1974 KSV Oudenaarde
Managerial career
1975 Estudiantes de Buenos Aires
1977–1979 Talleres de Córdoba
1980 Rosario Central
1981 Loma Negra
1984 Argentinos Juniors
1985 Atlético Junior
1986 Argentinos Juniors
1987 Boca Juniors
1988 Talleres de Córdoba
1989–1990 San Lorenzo
1991–1994 Necaxa
1994 León
1995 Talleres de Córdoba
1995–1996 Argentinos Juniors
1998 Celaya
1998–1999 Pumas
1999 Tecos
2000 Atlante
2003–2004 Olimpo
2005 Puebla
2006 Talleres de Córdoba
2007–2008 Olimpo
2009 Defensa y Justicia
2009 Talleres de Córdoba
2014– UAI Urquiza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Marcos Saporiti (born 11 April 1939 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired footballer. He played as a striker, but is currently a manager. He has managed clubs in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia.

Playing career[edit]

Saporiti started his professional career with Club Atlético Independiente in 1957. In 1960 he was part of the squad that won the Primera División Argentina championship.

In 1962 he moved down a division to play for Club Atlético Lanús and in 1963 he moved to Deportivo Español where he played alongside Carlos Bilardo.

From 1965 to 1970, Saporiti played abroad before returning to Argentina in 1971 to play for Club Atlético Platense. In Chile, he played for Unión La Calera[1] and Santiago Morning.[2] In Uruguay, he had a spell with Racing Club de Montevideo. In Colombia, he played for Millonarios and Independiente Medellín. He also played for Atlético Mineiro in Brazil, Monterrey in Mexico and Belenenses in Portugal.[3][4]

He ended his career with Limoges FC in France and KSV Oudenaarde in Belgium..[3]

Titles as a player[edit]

Season Team Title
1960 Independiente Primera División Argentina

Managerial career[edit]

Saporiti has held managerial positions at a large number of clubs. Most notably he coached Argentinos Juniors to their first ever title in 1984,[5] he has had five spells as manager of Talleres de Córdoba (1977–1979, 1988, 1995, 2006 and 2009) and he coached Loma Negra in the early 1980s, the most successful period in their history. He has also coached Argentine clubs Chacarita Juniors, Rosario Central, San Lorenzo and had a spell as caretaker manager of Boca Juniors. Between 2007 and 2008 he had a second spell as manager of Olimpo de Bahía Blanca.

Saporiti has also coached Junior in Colombia and a number of clubs in Mexico including Veracruz, Atlante, Pumas, Necaxa, Tecos UAG and Puebla.[6]

Managerial titles[edit]

Season Team Title
Metropolitano 1984 Argentinos Juniors Primera División Argentina

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Union Calera 1965 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Santiago Morning 1967 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b Avellaneda, Daniel (14 April 2020). "Roberto Saporiti, historia viva y presente del fútbol argentino: "Si en el 78 nos hubieran querido ayudar, no habríamos sufrido tanto"". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Roberto Saporiti :: Player Profile :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ RSSSF Coaches of Primera division champions
  6. ^ "Roberto Saporiti - DT" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

External links[edit]

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