José Luis Russo

José Luis Russo
Personal information
Full name José Luis Russo Perrone
Date of birth (1958-07-14)14 July 1958
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 10 February 2026(2026-02-10) (aged 67)
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Defender
Youth career
Urreta (five-a-side)
La Rinconada (five-a-side)
Chacabuco (five-a-side)
Huracán Buceo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1977 Huracán Buceo[2]
1978–1982 Defensor[3]
1983–1984 Deportes Tolima 69 (8)
1985 Atlético Bucaramanga
1986 Peñarol[2] 6 (0)
1987 Independiente Medellín
1988 Palmeiras[4]
1988–1989 Deportes Iquique[2][5][6] 24 (1)
1990 Cerro[7]
1991–1993 Huracán Buceo
International career
1977 Uruguay U20[2][8][9] 12 (0)
1979–1986 Uruguay[10][11] 15 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Luis Russo Perrone (14 July 1958 – 10 February 2026) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender for clubs of Uruguay, Chile, Brazil and Colombia.

Club career

Russo started his career at Huracán Buceo in 1975 but became known at Defensor after outplaying Peñarol's Fernando Morena in his debut.[2][12] He later joined Peñarol in 1986 where he won the Uruguayan championship after Peñarol beat Nacional in the championship play-off.[2][12] He later played in Colombia, Brazil and Chile.[12]

International career

He won 15 caps for Uruguay between 1979 and 1986 but did not make the 1986 World Cup squad.[12]

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Russo coached children in Valencia, Spain, and Miami, United States.[2]

Personal life and death

Russo was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was nicknamed Pete, a short form of Chupete (Dummy), an inherited nickname from his grandfather.[2]

Russo died on 10 February 2026, at the age of 67.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "José Luis Russo".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Díaz, Juan José (22 April 2023). "Anuló a Morena, le dijo fantasma a Maradona y se escondió de Pablo Escobar; la vida del Pete Russo". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "2 - 1 vs Defensor". Atilio Software (in Spanish). COMISIÓN DE HISTORIA Y ESTADÍSTICA C.N.de F. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Facundo Torres y su llegada a Palmeiras: "Tengo el sueño de ganar la Libertadores"". ESPN (in Spanish). 20 December 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025. José Luis Russo (zaguero). Debut en 1988.
  5. ↑ @somoscelestes; (24 May 2024). "#MesDelCDI DÍA 24 José Luis Russo; el gran central uruguayo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025 – via Instagram.
  6. ↑ "COLO-COLO 2:1 DEPORTES IQUIQUE". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "0 - 0 vs Cerro". Atilio Software (in Spanish). COMISIÓN DE HISTORIA Y ESTADÍSTICA C.N.de F. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "A 40 años de uno de uno de los grandes éxitos del fútbol juvenil de Uruguay". www.agesor.com.uy (in Spanish). 6 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "A 40 años del Sudamericano Juvenil". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "José Luis Russo - AUF". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "¿Cómo le fue a Uruguay ante los grandes CLUBES de fútbol de Europa?". www.ahifu.uy (in Spanish). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Radnedge, Keir; Whelan, Greg; Gleeson, Mark; Evans, Jamie (April 2026). "Obituaries". World Soccer. p. 21.
  13. ↑ Falleció José Luis “Pete” Russo, exzaguero de selección uruguaya, Peñarol y Huracán Buceo (in Spanish)
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