Rubí Cerioni
Argentine footballer and manager
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1962–1964 | Toronto Roma | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1964 | Toronto Roma | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]
Managerial career
Cerioni served as a play-coach in 1964 for Toronto Roma in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League.[7]
Personal life
His brothers Enrique, Alberto and Héctor also were footballers who played for Gimnasia La Plata.[8]
Cerioni died in March 2012.[3]
