Roberto Capparelli Coringrato (November 18, 1923 – 2000) was an Argentine football forward who played for Bolivia in the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...

. He also played for The Strongest.

Overview

Capparelli spent his most successful years playing for The Strongest, being part of the team that won the 194546

Bolivian Primera División The División de Fútbol Profesional is the top-flight professional football league in Bolivia. Until 2017 it was known as the "Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano" (; en, Bolivian Professional Football League). Since 1950, a total of 16 club ...

. In 1948 he was traded to Club Litoral that won the La Paz Football Association (LPFA) treble in 1947–49. The club also represented Bolivia in the

South American Championship of Champions The South American Championship of Champions ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones, pt, Campeonato Sul-Americano de Campeões) was a football competition played in Santiago, Chile in 1948 and the first continental-wide football tournament in ...

held in Chile in 1948, where Capparelli was also the topscorer of tournament. In 1949 Capparelli returned to The Strongest and one year after he was called-up for the Bolivia national team to compete at the

.World Cup 1950
at the RSSSF Capparelli had been naturalised Bolivian along with fellow countryman Antonio Grecco.Los argentinos que han jugado para la Selección de Bolivia
on El Cinco Cero, 29 Mar 2016

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1923 births 2000 deaths Argentine emigrants to Bolivia Naturalized citizens of Bolivia Argentine people of Italian descent Bolivian people of Italian descent Bolivian footballers Bolivia international footballers Association football forwards Club Deportivo Litoral (La Paz) players The Strongest players 1950 FIFA World Cup players {{Bolivia-footy-forward-stub