Mauricio Victorino

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Mauricio Victorino

|image = Mauricio Victorino (cropped).JPG

|height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|fullname = Mauricio Bernardo Victorino Dansilio

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|11|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

|currentclub = Nacional (assistant coach)

|clubnumber =

|position = Centre Back

|youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Nacional

|years1 = 2004–2006 | clubs1 = Nacional | caps1 = 51 | goals1 = 1

|years2 = 2004 | clubs2 = → Plaza Colonia (loan) | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 3

|years3 = 2006–2007 | clubs3 = Veracruz | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 3

|years4 = 2007–2009 | clubs4 = Nacional | caps4 = 45 | goals4 = 8

|years5 = 2009–2011 | clubs5 = Universidad de Chile | caps5 = 37 | goals5 = 5

|years6 = 2011–2014 | clubs6 = Cruzeiro | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 0

|years7 = 2014 | clubs7 = → Palmeiras (loan) | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 0

|years8 = 2015 | clubs8 = Independiente | caps8 = 10 | goals8 = 1

|years9 = 2016–2017 | clubs9 = Nacional | caps9 = 24 | goals9 = 0

|years10 = 2017–2018 | clubs10 = Cerro Porteño | caps10 = 12 | goals10 = 0

|years11 = 2019–2021 | clubs11 = Danubio | caps11 = 22 | goals11 = 1

| totalcaps = 276

| totalgoals = 22

|nationalyears1 = 2006–2016

|nationalteam1 = Uruguay

|nationalcaps1 = 24

|nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2023 | managerclubs1 = Liverpool (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2024 | managerclubs2 = León (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2024– | managerclubs3 = Nacional (assistant)

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Mauricio Bernardo Victorino Dansilo ({{IPA|es|mawˈɾisjo βeɾˈnaɾðo βiɣtoˈɾino ðanˈsilo}}; born 11 October 1982) is a Uruguayan football coach and a former defender. He is an assistant manager with Nacional.

Club career

=Nacional=

He made his debut for Nacional in a Copa Libertadores match against Argentine River Plate on 3 March 2005. His uncle Waldemar Victorino had also previously played for Nacional.{{cite web |url=http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/12/12/30/futnac_685267.asp |title=Victorino puede arreglar |date=30 December 2012 |publisher=Ovación Digital |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104011719/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/12/12/30/futnac_685267.asp |archive-date=4 January 2013 |language=es}}

=Veracruz=

In August 2006 he was transferred one season to Veracruz where he played in the Mexican Primera División. In July 2007 he returned to Nacional.

=Universidad de Chile=

On 1 August 2009, he was transferred to Universidad de Chile after an excellent campaign with Nacional in the 2009 Copa Libertadores and the 2008–09. He scored his first goal as a Universidad de Chile player, after a left-footed shot, on August 30, 2009, in a game against Audax Italiano.

=Cruzeiro=

Victorino joined Brazilian club Cruzeiro on 1 February 2011.{{cite news

|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2011/02/01/cruzeiro-anuncia-a-contratacao-do-zagueiro-uruguaio-mauricio-victorino.jhtm

|title=Cruzeiro anuncia contratação de uruguaio Mauricio Victorino

|publisher=Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

|date=February 1, 2011

|language=pt

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205162702/http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2011/02/01/cruzeiro-anuncia-a-contratacao-do-zagueiro-uruguaio-mauricio-victorino.jhtm

|archivedate=5 February 2011

|accessdate=1 February 2011

|url-status=dead

}}

=Danubio=

After a spending the 2018–19 season without a club as a penalty for testing positive to PEDs, it was announced on August 17, 2019 that Victorino had joined hometown club Danubio F.C.{{cite web|title=Mauricio Victorino returns to Uruguayan football|url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/mauricio-victorino-vuelve-al-futbol-uruguayo-y-jugara-en-danubio-2019817153711|accessdate=November 25, 2019}}

National team

Victorino played on the Uruguay national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the shoot out against Ghana, he scored the second penalty kick for Uruguay in the World Cup quarterfinals on July 2, 2010. The goal was one of four that sent Uruguay to the semi-finals for the first time in 40 years.

In 2011, he won the Copa América playing 2 matches.

In 2016, he returned to the national team, after an absence of more than three years.