Rubí Cerioni
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubí Orlando Cerioni | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 17 March 2012 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1949 | River Plate | 2 | (0) |
| 1949–1950 | Quilmes | ||
| 1951–1952 | Sporting de Barranquilla[1] | 17 | (14) |
| 1952–1954 | Deportivo Cali[2] | 47 | (29) |
| 1954–1956 | Quilmes | ||
| 1957–1959 | Atlas | ||
| 1960 | Toronto Roma | ||
| 1961 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1962 | Toronto Roma | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Rubí Orlando Cerioni (1 May 1927 – 17 March 2012) was an Argentine footballer who played professionally in the Argentine Primera División, Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, Mexican Primera División, Chilean Primera División and Canadian National Soccer League.
Career
Born in La Plata, Cerioni played as a forward. He began his career with the youth side of Gimnasia de La Plata. He made two Primera División appearances for River Plate, before joining Argentine Primera B Nacional side Quilmes in 1949.[3] Cerioni quickly became a part of the squad and helped Quilmes win the 1949 title. Over his two stints with the club, he scored 59 goals in 102 Primera and Primera B appearances for Quilmes.[4]
In 1951, Cerioni moved to Colombia to play for Sporting de Barranquilla and Deportivo Cali. He returned to Quilmes, and spells with Atlas, Toronto Roma[5] and O'Higgins followed before he retired in 1962.[6]
Personal
Cerioni died in March 2012.[3]
References
- ↑ Sporting statistics @ Golgolgol.net
- ↑ Cali statistics ! Golgolgol.net
- 1 2 "Las cenizas de Rubí Cerioni fueron esparcidas en el Estadio Centenario" [Rubí Cerioni's ashes were scattered in the Centenario Stadium] (in Spanish). Perspectiva Sur. 18 March 2012.
- ↑ "Una Estrella más en el Cielo" [A star in the sky] (in Spanish). Diario Mas. 23 March 2012.
- ↑ "Battle to draw". Winnipeg Free Press. 21 May 1962. p. 18.
- ↑ Minig, Patricio Raúl (23 March 2012). "Se fue un pedazo de nuestra historia: Rubí Orlando Cerioni" [He was a piece of our history: Rubí Orlando Cerioni] (in Spanish). Alma los Blancos.
External links
- Profile at BDFA