Cayetano Saporiti
{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (1887–1954)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cayetano Saporiti
| image = Uruguay Copa America 1917.jpg
| caption = Uruguay's national team at the Copa America in 1917. Saporiti standing No. 3 from the left.
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|1|14}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1954|1887}}
| death_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
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| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1903–1920
| clubs1 = Montevideo Wanderers
| caps1 = 342
| goals1 = ?
| nationalyears1 = 1905–1919
| nationalteam1 = Uruguay
| nationalcaps1 = 56
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's football}}
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{{MedalCompetition|South American Championship}}
{{Medal|W|1916 Argentina|}}
{{Medal|W|1917 Uruguay|}}
{{Medal|RU|1919 Brazil|}}
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Cayetano Saporiti (January 14, 1887 – 1954) was a Uruguayan football goalkeeper who played 56 games for the Uruguay national team between 1905 and 1919.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html rsssf: Uruguay record international footballers]
Biography
He made his debut for the national team at 18 years 179 days making him the third youngest international goalkeeper in history.[http://www.iffhs.de/?384f02788ac03f4d85fc8f14685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda0a510 IFFHS record youngest goalkeepers]
He was part of the Uruguay team that won the Copa América tournament in 1916[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/16safull.html rsssf: Copa América 1916] and 1917,[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/17safull.html rsssf: Copa América 1917] he also participated in 1919.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/19safull.html rsssf: Copa América 1919]
His record of 51 caps in the goalkeeper position stood as a national record until it was surpassed by Rodolfo Rodríguez in 1983.
Saporiti played club football for Montevideo Wanderers, when they were one of the strongest teams in the amateur era of Uruguayan football and is remembered as one of the club's most important players.
Honours
=Uruguay=
- Copa América: (2) 1916, 1917
=Wanderers=
- Uruguayan league: (2) 1906, 1908
- Copa de Honor: (2) 1908, 1910
- Copa Competencia: (5) 1906, 1908, 1911, 1917, 1918
- Copa de Honor Cousenier: (1) 1908
- Cup Tie Competition: (3) 1911, 1917, 1918
References
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{{Uruguay Squad South American Championship 1916}}
{{Uruguay Squad South American Championship 1917}}
{{Uruguay squad 1919 South American Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saporiti, Cayetano}}
Category:Date of death unknown
Category:Footballers from Montevideo
Category:Uruguayan men's footballers
Category:Uruguay men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Copa América–winning players
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