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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rubí Orlando Cerioni | ||
Date of birth | (1927-05-01)1 May 1927 | ||
Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 17 March 2012(2012-03-17) (aged 84) | ||
Place of death | La Plata, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | 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 | ||
1962–1964 | Toronto Roma | ||
Teams managed | |||
1964 | Toronto Roma | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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]
Cerioni served as a play-coach in 1964 for Toronto Roma in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League.[7]
Cerioni died in March 2012.[3]
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