Roberto Drago
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Drago Burga | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Date of death | 24 October 2014 (aged 91) | ||
| Place of death | Lima, Peru | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939 | Centro Iqueño | ||
| 1940–1945 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1946 | Racing Club | 3 | (0) |
| 1947–1951 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1952 | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 1953–1961 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1962–1963 | Ciclista Lima | ||
| 1963–1965 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| International career | |||
| 1949–1961 | Peru | 30 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1962–1963 | Ciclista Lima | ||
| 1965 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1966 | Sport Boys | ||
| 1967 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1968 | Peru olympic | ||
| 1969–1972 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1977 | Atlético Chalaco | ||
| 1978–1979 | Atlético Chalaco | ||
| 1979 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Roberto "Tito" Drago Burga (28 July 1923 – 24 October 2014) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward.
He is considered the most important player in the history of Deportivo Municipal from Lima.[1]
Club
After playing for the Centro Iqueño, Roberto Drago joined Deportivo Municipal in 1940 and made his debut on May 12, 1940 against Atlético Chalaco (2-0 victory).[2]
Emblematic player of Deportivo Municipal, he played around twenty seasons intermittently between 1940 and 1965. He won the championships in 1940, 1943 and 1950 with the help of two of their partners, Luis Guzmán and Máximo Mosquera, trio known in Peru as “The Three Little Cats”.[1]
Transferred to Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1947 for 6,500 pesos (and a salary of 400 pesos per month),[3] Drago played under the management of Guillermo Stábile but failed to establish himself (only 3 matches played)[4] and returned to Peru. He would have one last experience abroad in 1952, in Colombia, with Independiente Medellín.
International
Peruvian international, author of seven goals in 30 caps, Roberto Drago participated in the South American championships of 1949, 1953, 1955 and 1956 as well as in two editions of the Panamerican Championship in 1952 and 1956. He won the gold medal with his country at the 1948 Bolivarian Games.
Coaching career
After his playing career, Roberto Drago worked as a coach. He managed Sport Boys in 1966, which he qualified for the Copa Libertadores for the first time. Between 1967 and 1979, he managed his long-time club, Deportivo Municipal, three times.
Personal live
Statistics
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 1949 | 5 | 3 |
| 1952 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1953 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1954 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1955 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1956 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 7 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 April 1949 | São Januário, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Paraguay | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1949 South American Championship |
| 2. | 27 April 1949 | Vila Belmiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Bolivia | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3. | 2–0 | |||||
| 4. | 20 April 1952 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile |  Mexico | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1952 Panamerican Championship |
| 5. | 22 January 1956 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Argentina | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1956 South American Championship |
| 6. | 1 February 1956 |  Brazil | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||
| 7. | 4 March 1956 | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1956 Panamerican Championship |
