Norberto Yácono

Norberto Yácono

Personal information
Full name	Norberto Antonio Yácono
Date of birth	January 8, 1919(1919-01-08)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	November 1985 (aged 66)
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1938-1953	River Plate	393	(0)
1953-1958	América	?	(?)
National team
1940s-1951	Argentina	15	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 2008. † Appearances (Goals).

Norberto Yácono (8 January 1919 – November 1985) was an Argentine football defender who won six Argentine league championships with River Plate. He was born in Buenos Aires.

Playing career

Yácono made his debut for River Plate in a game against Newell's Old Boys in 1938. He went on to make 393 appearances which puts him in 5th place in the all-time table.^[1] He won six league championships with the club in 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1952 and 1953.

In the 1940s he made 15 appearances for the Argentina national team and was part of the squad that won Copa América 1947.^[2]

After leaving River Plate in 1953 he played for América in Mexico as well as playing in Canada and America.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1941	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1942	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1945	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1947	Argentina	Copa América
1947	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1952	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1953	River Plate	Primera División Argentina

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in the early 1960s Yácono returned to Argentina where he worked as the manager of Sportivo Italiano, Lanús and Godoy Cruz. Later in his career he took up a position of youth team coach for River Plate.

References

1. ^ River Plate statistics (Spanish)
2. ^ Copa América 1947 squads at rsssf

External links

• (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile (Archived)

Persondata
Name	Yacono, Norberto
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	8 January 1919
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	1985
Place of death