Role Football player Years Team Height 1.78 m | 1950–1954 Rosario Central Name Federico Vairo | |
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Date of birth (1930-01-27)January 27, 1930 Date of death December 7, 2010(2010-12-07) (aged 80) Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina Died December 7, 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina | ||
Federico vairo anticipo
Federico Vairo Moramarco Angellastre (January 27, 1930 – December 7, 2010) was an Argentine football defender who won three consecutive league titles with River Plate and represented Argentina at the 1958 World Cup.
Contents
- Federico vairo anticipo
- Homenaje a federico vairo
- Early life
- Club career
- International career
- Death
- References
His younger brother Juan Apolonio Vairo Moramarco also played football professionally, including one season for Juventus F.C..
Homenaje a federico vairo
Early life
Federico Vairo was born in Rosario, Argentina.
Club career
Vairo started his career at Rosario Central in his home city in 1947, he played for the club for 8 seasons before moving to Buenos Aires to play for River Plate. River won three consecutive league titles between 1955 and 1957.
Vairo played for the Argentine National team at the World Cup held in Sweden in 1958. At onetime he was the player with the most games played for the national team. His record was not broken until the 1990s.
In 1960 Vairo joined Chilean O'Higgins. His first three seasons with the club resulted in mid-table finishes, but the 1963 campaign saw the club relegated, finishing 18th and last in the table.
1964 saw O'Higgins successful return to the Primera División de Chile by winning the Chilean Second Division title, the only title in the club's history. In 1965 Vairo dedicated his life in the little leagues as coach with Club Atlético River Plate, where he was in charge of training and turning amateurs to professionals which later played first division football.
1999–2010, Club Atlético River Plate hired him to scout junior players from the Santa Fe Province.
In 2005, he was given an award at the 50th Anniversary party of O'Higgins.
International career
Between 1955 and 1958 Vairo played 41 games for the Argentina national football team, he helped Argentina to win the 1957 Copa America championship and represented Argentina at the 1958 World Cup.
Death
On December 7, 2010, Federico Vairo died in a hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a battle against stomach cancer. He is survived by his brother Juan Vairo, his wife Marta, and his three children, Graciela, Daniel, and Claudia.