- Héctor Scarone
Football player infobox
playername = Héctor Scarone
fullname = Héctor Pedro Scarone
height = height|m=1.75
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1898|11|26
cityofbirth =Montevideo
countryofbirth =Uruguay
dateofdeath =April 4 1967 (aged 68)
cityofdeath =Montevideo
countryofdeath=Uruguay
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position =Inside right
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1917-1926
1926-1927
1927-1931
1931-1932
1932-1934
1934-1939
clubs = Nacional
FC Barcelona
Nacional
Inter Milan
Palermo
Nacional
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1917-1930
nationalteam = Uruguay
nationalcaps(goals) = 52 (31)
pcupdate = April 2008Héctor Pedro Scarone (
November 26 ,1898 –April 4 ,1967 ) was aUruguay an football striker. With 31 goals in 52 games between 1917 and 1930 he still holds the record as the all-time leading scorer for the Uruguayan national team. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html rsssf: Uruguay record international footballers] ]Club career
He was born in
Montevideo in 1898. On the club level, Scarone spent most of his career with Nacional, with whom he won the Uruguayan championship eight times. He scored a total of 301 goals for the club in 369 appearances.He also played for Spanish side
FC Barcelona , and Inter Milan and Palermo in Italy.National team
He won the South American Championship four times: in 1917, 1923, 1924, and
South American Championship 1926 , and the Olympic gold medal twice: in 1924 and 1928.At the age of 19, he scored the goal that gave Uruguay the title at the South American Championship of 1917, in the final against Argentina, his fourth international match.
Scarone finished his international career by leading Uruguay to the
1930 FIFA World Cup , and although his international career ended that same year, the 31 goals (in 52 matches) he scored for his country still standas of 2007 as the national record.Honours
Club Nacional
*Primera División Uruguaya : (8) 1916, 1917, 1919,1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1934Uruguay
*Copa América : (4) 1917, 1923, 1924,South American Championship 1926
*Olympic gold: (2) 1924, 1928
*FIFA World Cup : 1930Managerial career and later life
After retiring as a player, Scarone became a football coach. He was manager of Nacional and
Real Madrid in the 1950s. He died in 1967 in Montevideo, aged 68.References
External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/scarone-intlg.html International statistics] at
rsssf
*es icon [http://www.futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=311 Profile] at Futbol Factory
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