Roberto Porta

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (1913-1984)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name=Roberto Porta

|image= Roberto porta nacional.jpg

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|caption= Porta with Nacional

|fullname=Roberto Porta

|birth_date={{Birth date|1913|6|7|df=yes}}

|birth_place=Montevideo, Uruguay

|death_date={{Death date and age|1984|1|2|1913|6|7|df=yes}}

|death_place=Buenos Aires, Argentina

|height=

|position=Forward

|years1=1930–1931|clubs1=Nacional|caps1=3|goals1=1

|years2=1931–1934|clubs2=Independiente|caps2=96|goals2=19

|years3=1934–1936|clubs3=Internazionale|caps3=53|goals3=12

|years4=1936–1946|clubs4=Nacional|caps4=307|goals4=133

|totalcaps=459|totalgoals=165

|nationalyears1=1935|nationalteam1=Italy|nationalcaps1=1|nationalgoals1=0

|nationalyears2=1937–1945|nationalteam2=Uruguay|nationalcaps2=34|nationalgoals2=14

|manageryears1=1973–1974|managerclubs1=Uruguay

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|ITA|1861}} and {{URU}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Central European International Cup}}

{{MedalGold|1933-35 Central European International Cup|}}

{{MedalCompetition|South American Championship}}

{{Medal|Silver|1939 Peru|}}

{{MedalCompetition|South American Championship}}

{{Medal|Silver|1941 Chile|}}

{{MedalCompetition|South American Championship}}

{{Medal|Gold|1942 Uruguay|}}

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Roberto Porta ({{IPA|it|roˈbɛrto ˈpɔrta}}; 7 June 1913 – 2 January 1984) was a Uruguayan–Italian footballer who played as a forward.

During his club career he played for Nacional (Uruguay), Inter (Italy) and Independiente (Argentina). He earned 33 caps and scored 13 goals for the Uruguay national football team from 1937 to 1945,{{cite web|author=Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando|title=Uruguay - Record International Players|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html|date=6 March 2012}} and also played 1 match for the Italy national football team in 1935,{{cite web|url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/dettaglio-convocato/?calciatoreId=43706&squadraId=12|title=Porta, Roberta|publisher=FIGC|language=Italian|accessdate=17 October 2019}} thereby being part of the squad that won the 1933–35 Central European International Cup.

He was the Uruguay national team's coach at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.