Roberto Matosas

Roberto Matosas
Matosas in 1970
Personal information
Full name Roberto Matosas Postiglione
Date of birth (1940-05-11) May 11, 1940
Place of birth Uruguay
Position Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1964 C.A. Peñarol 14+ (2+)
1964–1968 C.A. River Plate 201 (14)
1969–1972 C.A. Peñarol 30+ (1+)
1972–1975 San Luis
1975–1976 Deportivo Toluca
1976 San Antonio Thunder
International career
1963–1971 Uruguay 20 (0)
Managerial career
1976–1980 San Antonio Thunder
1980–1982 Atletas Campesinos
1982–1983 Tampico Madero
1983–1985 Monterrey
1985–1988 Deportivo Toluca
1988–1990 Veracruz
1990–1991 Santos Laguna
1991–1992 Veracruz
1992–1993 Santos Laguna
1999 Veracruz
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Matosas Postiglione (born 11 May 1940 in Mercedes, Department of Soriano, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan former football defender.

Career

At the club level, he played for C.A. River Plate of Argentina and C.A. Peñarol of Uruguay. In September 1964, Club Atlético River Plate signed Matosas for a then-record transfer fee. He played 165 league matches for the club from 1964 to 1968, scoring 12 goals. For River, he also played 36 international games with 2 goals. [1] In 1969, he returned to Peñarol, where he played until 1972. He finished his playing career in Mexico, playing for newly promoted San Luis and Toluca.[2]

Matosas also was part of the Uruguay national football team. He participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where the Uruguayan side finished in fourth place.[3]

After he retired from playing, Matosas became a football coach. He has managed Mexican side Veracruz.[4]

The former Uruguayan international Gustavo Matosas is his son.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Con las formas del ayer: Roberto Matosas" [With forms of yesterday: Roberto Matosas] (in Spanish). La Nueva Provincia. 19 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ Jiménez, Rolando (25 September 2012). "G. Matosas, un león como DT" [G. Matosas, a lion as a manager] (in Spanish). Plano Deportivo. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Roberto Matosas – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ↑ "Veracruz vs Real Madrid en partido de ex estrellas" (in Spanish). Oye Mexico. 6 June 2012.
  5. ↑ FIFA – Gustavo Matosas Profile


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