Rubén Amorín Explained

Rubén Darío Amorín Mattos[1] (6 November 1927 – 24 December 2014) was a Uruguayan football player who played as a forward and coach.

Playing career

Amorín was born in Rocha. He arrived in 1952 in Guatemala to play for Guatemala FC.

Coaching career

Amorín spent the majority of his coaching career in Guatemala, where he won a record eight national titles with three clubs from 1964 to 1992,[2] He guided Municipal and Comunicaciones to the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1974 and 1978.

He also recorded five tenures as coach of the Guatemala national team, winning the 1967 NORCECA Championship (now the CONCACAF Gold Cup) which is the highest international honor for that national team to date. He retired in 1994.[3]

Due to his success at both the club and international level, Amorín is considered the greatest coach in the history of Guatemalan football by the local press and football personalities.[4] On 24 December 2014, he died of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 87.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Also sp. Matos in some sources.
  2. http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20141224/futbol/fallece-el-uruguayo-ruben-amorin-tecnico-mas-ganador-del-futbol-de-guatemala_54422132867.html Fallece Rubén Amorín, el técnico más ganador del fútbol de Guatemala
  3. http://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/futbol_nacional/Ruben-Amorin-Tecnico-fallece-mas-grande-Uruguay-Guatemala_0_1272472846.html Se despide una leyenda del futbol nacional: Don Rubén Amorín
  4. News: El viejo zorro de la táctica y la estrategia . Pocón, David . . 5 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721084910/http://dca.gob.gt:85/archivo/050722/deportes1.htm . 21 July 2011 .
  5. http://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/futbol_nacional/Ruben-Amorin-Tecnico-fallece-mas-grande-Uruguay-Guatemala_0_1272472846.html Ruben Amorin Tecnico fallece mas grande Uruguay-Guatemala