Roberto Saporiti

Roberto Marcos Saporiti (born 11 April 1939) is an Argentine retired football player and manager. He played as a striker. As a manager, he managed clubs in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia.

Roberto Saporiti

Saporiti in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Marcos Saporiti
Date of birth	(1939-04-11) 11 April 1939 (age 86)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1961	Independiente	16	(3)
1962–1963	Lanús	34	(14)
1963–1964	Deportivo Español	42	(16)
1965	Unión La Calera	24	(8)
1966	Millonarios
1966	Independiente Medellín
1967	Santiago Morning	24	(13)
1968	Racing Montevideo
1968	Atlético Mineiro	1	(0)
1968–1969	Monterrey
1969–1970	Belenenses	39	(13)
1971	Platense	10	(1)
1971–1972	Limoges FC
1972–1974	KSV Oudenaarde
Managerial career
1975	Estudiantes de Buenos Aires
1977–1979	Talleres de Córdoba
1980	Rosario Central
1981	Loma Negra
1984	Argentinos Juniors
1985	Atlético Junior
1986	Argentinos Juniors
1987	Boca Juniors
1987–1988	Lanús
1988	Talleres de Córdoba
1989–1990	San Lorenzo
1991–1994	Necaxa
1994	León
1995	Talleres de Córdoba
1995–1996	Argentinos Juniors
1998	Celaya
1998–1999	Pumas
1999	Tecos
2000	Atlante
2003–2004	Olimpo
2005	Puebla
2006	Talleres de Córdoba
2007–2008	Olimpo
2009	Defensa y Justicia
2009	Talleres de Córdoba
2014	UAI Urquiza
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Buenos Aires, Saporiti started his professional career with Club Atlético Independiente in 1957. In 1960 he was part of the squad that won the Primera División Argentina championship.

In 1962 he moved down a division to play for Club Atlético Lanús and in 1963 he moved to Deportivo Español where he played alongside Carlos Bilardo.

From 1965 to 1970, Saporiti played abroad before returning to Argentina in 1971 to play for Club Atlético Platense. In Chile, he played for Unión La Calera^[1] and Santiago Morning.^[2] In Uruguay, he had a spell with Racing Club de Montevideo. In Colombia, he played for Millonarios and Independiente Medellín. He also played for Atlético Mineiro in Brazil, Monterrey in Mexico and Belenenses in Portugal.^{[3][citation needed]}

He ended his career with Limoges FC in France and KSV Oudenaarde in Belgium.^[3]

Managerial career

Saporiti has held managerial positions at a large number of clubs. Most notably he coached Argentinos Juniors to their first ever title in 1984,^[4] he has had five spells as manager of Talleres de Córdoba (1977–1979, 1988, 1995, 2006 and 2009) and he coached Loma Negra in the early 1980s, the most successful period in their history. He has also coached Argentine clubs Chacarita Juniors, Rosario Central, San Lorenzo and had a spell as caretaker manager of Boca Juniors. Between 2007 and 2008 he had a second spell as manager of Olimpo de Bahía Blanca.

Saporiti has also coached Junior in Colombia and a number of clubs in Mexico including Veracruz, Atlante, Pumas, Necaxa, Tecos UAG and Puebla.^[5]

Honours

Player

Independiente

• Primera División Argentina: Primera División Argentina

Managers

Argentinos Juniors

• Metropolitano: 1984