Roberto Scarone

Roberto Scarone Rivera (16 July 1917 – 25 April 1994) was a Uruguayan football player and manager.

His then spent the following three decades coaching a number of South American clubs in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Mexico.

His greatest successes came in the early 1960s with Peñarol with whom he won three consecutive Uruguayan championships in 1959, 1960 and 1961, two Copa Libertadores titles (in 1960 and 1961) and the 1961 Intercontinental Cup.

He also had a brief stint managing Peru national football team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

After suffering from Alzheimer's disease in his later years, Scarone died on 25 April 1994 in his hometown of Montevideo.