Héctor Scarone

Héctor Scarone
	Scarone with Nacional
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Pedro Scarone Berreta
Date of birth	26 November 1898
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	4 April 1967 (aged 68)
Place of death	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1917–1926	Nacional
1926–1927	Barcelona
1927–1931	Nacional
1931–1932	Inter
1932–1934	Palermo
1934–1939	Nacional
Total
International career
1917–1930	Uruguay
Managerial career
1947–1948	Millonarios
1951–1952	Real Madrid
1954	Nacional
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Uruguay
Olympic Games
FIFA World Cup
South American Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Pedro Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Known as "the Gardel of Football"^[2]^[3] and El Mago ("the Magician") due to his extraordinary skills with the ball,^[4]^[5] Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time.^[6] He was crowned world champion three times, after winning the editions of the 1924 and 1928 Olympic football tournaments, along with the first World Cup in 1930.^[7]

At club level, Scarone spent most of his career with Nacional, with which he won 21 official titles. He scored a total of 301 goals for the club in 369 appearances. Scarone holds the record of years played for Nacional, having spent 20 years with the club. He is also the 3rd. all-time Uruguayan Primera División with 163 goals, and the 2nd. all-time top scorer of Nacional (behind Atilio García) with 301 goals.^[4]

With a height of 170 cm and thin legs, Scarone was rejected by Nacional at the age of 15. He returned one year later, being accepted by the club but sent to the reserve team. Nevertheless, Scarone would be promoted to the senior squad after playing only five matches in the reserve team.^[5]

Apart from Nacional, Scarone also played for Spanish side Barcelona, and Italian clubs Inter Milan and Palermo. He was the younger brother of another legend of Nacional, Carlos Scarone.^[4]

International career

With the Uruguay national team, Scarone won the South American Championship four times: in 1917, 1923, 1924, and 1926, and the Olympic gold medal twice:^[8] in 1924 and 1928 recognized as FIFA World Cup.^[9]^[10]

At the age of 19, he scored the goal that gave Uruguay the title at the 1917 South American Championship, in the final against Argentina, his fourth international match.^{[citation needed]}

Scarone finished his international career by leading Uruguay to the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and although his international career ended that same year, the 31 goals in 52 matches (actually 52, but 21 goals were in unofficial matches) he scored for his country stood until as of 2011^[update] as the national record^{[citation needed]}. With his goal against Romania on 21 July 1930 Scarone was the last player born in the 19th century to score in a World Cup final tournament.

Managerial career and later life

After retiring as a player, Scarone became a football coach. He was the second manager of Millonarios since its origins, from 1947 to 1948, while the club was still an amateur team. He was manager of Nacional and Real Madrid in the 1950s. He died in 1967 in Montevideo, aged 68, after attending a match of Nacional.^[4]

We were young, winners, united... we believed we were indestructible.^[5]
— José Nasazzi at Scarone's funeral

International goals

Uruguay's goal tally first


#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 October 1917	Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	1–0	4–0	1917 South American Championship
2.	14 October 1917	Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay	Argentina	1–0	1–0	1917 South American Championship
3.	28 July 1918	Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay	Argentina	1–0	3–1	1918 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo
4.	13 May 1919	Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Argentina	2–0	3–2	1919 South American Championship
5.	18 July 1919	Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay	Argentina	1–0	4–1	1919 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo
6.	18 July 1919	Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay	Argentina	3–0	4–1	1919 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo
7.	17 September 1919	Estadio Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	1–0	2–1	1919 Copa Lipton
8.	17 September 1919	Estadio Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	2–0	2–1	1919 Copa Lipton
9.	7 December 1919	Parque Pereira, Montevideo, Uruguay	Argentina	3–1	4–2	1919 Trofeo Circular
10.	18 July 1920	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay	Argentina	1–0	2–0	1920 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo
11.	4 November 1923	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay	Paraguay	1–0	2–0	1923 South American Championship
12.	26 May 1924	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France	Yugoslavia	2–0	7–0	1924 Summer Olympics
13.	29 May 1924	Stade Bergeyre, Paris, France	United States	2–0	3–0
14.	1 June 1924	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France	France	1–0	5–1
15.	1 June 1924	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France	France	2–1	5–1
16.	6 June 1924	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France	Netherlands	2–1	2–1
17.	17 October 1926	Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile	Chile	3–0	3–1	1926 South American Championship
18.	28 October 1926	Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile	Bolivia	1–0	6–0
19.				2–0
20.				3–0
21.				4–0
22.				6–0
23.	29 August 1927	Estadio Ministro Brin y Senguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	1–0	1–0	1927 Copa Lipton
24.	6 November 1927	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	Bolivia	9–0	9–0	1927 South American Championship
25.	20 November 1927	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	Argentina	1–0	2–3
26.	20 November 1927	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	Argentina	2–2	2–3
27.	10 December 1927	Viña del Mar, Chile	Chile	3–2	3–2	Friendly
28.	30 May 1928	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	2–0	1928 Summer Olympics
29.	7 June 1928	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Italy	3–1	3–2	1928 Summer Olympics
30.	13 June 1928	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Argentina	2–1	2–1	1928 Summer Olympics Gold Medal match replay
31.	21 July 1930	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Romania	2–0	4–0	1930 FIFA World Cup