Mauricio Victorino

Mauricio Victorino

Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Bernardo Victorino Dansilo
Date of birth	October 11, 1982 (1982-10-11) (age 29)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Cruzeiro
Number	4
Youth career
	Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2006	Nacional	51	(1)
2004	→ Plaza Colonia (loan)	16	(3)
2006–2007	Veracruz	28	(3)
2007–2009	Nacional	45	(8)
2009–2011	Universidad de Chile	34	(5)
2011–	Cruzeiro	24	(0)
National team‡
2006–	Uruguay	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 7, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 7, 2011

Mauricio Bernardo Victorino Dansilo (Spanish pronunciation: [mawˈɾisio βiktoˈɾino]; October 11, 1982 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan football defender, currently playing for Cruzeiro.

Club career

He made his debut for Nacional in a Copa Libertadores match against Argentine River Plate on March 3, 2005. On 1st August 2009, he was transferres to Universidad de Chile after an excellent campaign with Nacional in the 2009 Copa Libertadores and the 2008–09. He scored his first goal as a Universidad de Chile player, after a left-footed shot, on August 30, 2009, in a game against Audax Italiano. Victorino joined Brazilian club Cruzeiro on February 1, 2011.^[1]

National team

Victorino played on the Uruguayan national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the shoot out against Ghana, he scored the second penalty kick for Uruguay in the World Cup quarterfinals on July 2, 2010. The goal was one of four that sent Uruguay to the semi-finals for the first time in 40 years. In 2011, he won the Copa América playing 2 matches.

Honors

Club

Nacional

• Primera División Uruguaya (3) : 2005,2005–06,2008–09

National team

Uruguay

• 2010 World Cup: Fourth Place
• 2011 Copa América: Winner

References

1. ^ "Cruzeiro anuncia contratação do uruguaio Mauricio Victorino" (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. February 1, 2011. http://www.cruzeiro.com.br/index2.php?section=noticias&idn=9313. Retrieved February 1, 2011. 

External links

• national-football-teams.com
• (Spanish) tiburones-rojos.com
• (Spanish) Nacional
• Mauricio Victorino playing stats at ESPN Soccernet
• zerozerofootball.com

Persondata
Name	Victorino, Mauricio
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Date of birth	October 11, 1982
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
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