Federico Vairo Moramarco Angellastre (27 January 1930 – 7 December 2010) was an Argentine football defender who won three consecutive league titles with River Plate and represented Argentina at the 1958 World Cup.[1]
![]() Vairo during his run on River Plate | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1930-01-27)27 January 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 7 December 2010(2010-12-07) (aged 80) | ||
Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950–1954 | Rosario Central | 100 | (?) |
1955–1959 | River Plate | 97 | (3) |
1960–1966 | O'Higgins | ? | (?) |
1967 | Deportivo Cali | ? | (?) |
National team | |||
1955–1958 | Argentina | 41 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 2007 |
His younger brother Juan Apolonio Vairo Moramarco also played football professionally, including one season for Juventus.
Federico Vairo was born in Rosario, Argentina.
Vairo started his career at Rosario Central in his home city in 1947, he played for the club for 8 seasons before moving to Buenos Aires to play for River Plate. River won three consecutive league titles between 1955 and 1957.
Vairo played for the Argentine National team at the World Cup held in Sweden in 1958. At one time he was the player with the most games played for the national team. His record was not broken until the 1990s.
In 1960 Vairo joined Chilean O'Higgins. His first three seasons with the club resulted in mid-table finishes, but the 1963 campaign saw the club relegated, finishing 18th and last in the table.
1964 saw O'Higgins' successful return to the Primera División de Chile by winning the Chilean Second Division title. In 1965 Vairo dedicated his life to the youth leagues as coach of River Plate, where he was in charge of training and turning amateurs to professionals first division footballers.
From 1999–2010, River Plate hired him to scout youth players from the Santa Fe Province. One of the best players he scouted was Lionel Messi, when he was 12 years old, despite the fact that he later left the club for Barcelona.[2]
In 2005, he was given an award at the 50th anniversary party of O'Higgins.[3]
Season | Club | Title |
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1955 | River Plate | Primera Division Argentina |
1956 | River Plate | Primera Division Argentina |
1957 | River Plate | Primera Division Argentina |
1964 | O'Higgins | Chilean Second Division |
1967 | Deportivo Cali | Copa Mustang |
Between 1955 and 1958 Vairo played 41 games for the Argentina national football team. He helped Argentina to win the 1957 Copa America and represented Argentina at the 1958 World Cup.
Season | Club | Title |
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1957 | Argentina | Copa America |
On 7 December 2010, Federico Vairo died in a hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from stomach cancer. He is survived by his brother Juan Vairo, his wife Marta, and his three children, Graciela, Daniel, and Claudia.[4][5][6][7][8]
Argentina squad – 1955 South American Championship winners (10th title) | ||
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Argentina squad – 1956 South American Championship third place | ||
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Argentina squad – 1957 South American Championship winners (11th title) | ||
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Argentina squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup | ||
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