José Juan Héctor Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan

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who played as

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. Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time,. being nicknamed ''El Mago'' ("the Magician") due to his extraordinary skills with the ball.Héctor Scarone, el 'mago' charrúa
by Jaime Rincón on ''As'', 17 Apr 2014 At club level, Scarone spent most of his career with

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, 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

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with 163 goals, and the 2nd. all-time top scorer of Nacional (behind

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) with 301 goals. With a height of 170cm 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. Apart from Nacional, Scarone also played for Spanish side

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, and Italian clubs

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. He was the younger brother of another legend of Nacional,

Carlos Scarone Carlos Scarone (10 November 1888 – 12 May 1965) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as forward. Despite he played in several clubs of Argentina and Uruguay, Scarone is mostly known for his tenure on Nacional, where he stayed nine years, sco ...

.Era un mago, genio, goleador, divo: la trayectoria de Héctor Scarone
by Luis Prats, 23 Apr 2017. ''El País''

International career

With the Uruguay national team, Scarone won the

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four times: in

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, and

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, and the Olympic gold medal twice: in

and

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recognized as

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. At the age of 19, he scored the goal that gave Uruguay the title at the

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, in the final against

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, his fourth international match. Scarone finished his international career by leading Uruguay to the

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, 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 the national record. 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

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since its origins, from 1947 to 1948, while the club was still an amateur team. He was manager of Nacional and

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in the 1950s. He died in 1967 in Montevideo, aged 68, after attending a match of Nacional.

International goals

Uruguay's goal tally first

Titles

;Nacional * Primera División (8):

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* Copa Honor (2): 1916, 1917 *

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(3): 1919, 1921, 1923 * Copa Albion (1): 1919 * Copa León Peyrou (1): 1920 * Torneo Competencia (1): 1934 *

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;Barcelona *

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References

External links

Scarone's international statistics
at the

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