Rubí Cerioni

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rubí Cerioni

| image =

| fullname = Rubí Orlando Cerioni

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|5|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = La Plata, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|3|17|1927|5|1|df=y}}

| death_place = La Plata, Argentina

| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1948–1949 | clubs1 = River Plate | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1949–1950 | clubs2 = Quilmes | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1951–1952 | clubs3 = {{ill|lt=Sporting de Barranquilla|Sporting Club de Barranquilla|es|Sporting Club}}[https://archive.today/20130221144250/http://colombia.golgolgol.net/equipos/jugadores/sporting_1915-19396.html?&option=teamtab4 Sporting statistics] @ Golgolgol.net | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 14

| years4 = 1952–1954 | clubs4 = Deportivo Cali[http://colombia.golgolgol.net/liga-postobon/equipos/equipos/cali_103-9404.html?&option=teamtab4 Cali statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113013449/http://colombia.golgolgol.net/liga-postobon/equipos/equipos/cali_103-9404.html?&option=teamtab4 |date=2011-11-13 }} ! Golgolgol.net | caps4 = 47 | goals4 = 29

| years5 = 1954–1956 | clubs5 = Quilmes | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1957–1959 | clubs6 = Atlas | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 1960 | clubs7 = Toronto Roma | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 1961 | clubs8 = O'Higgins | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = 1962–1964 | clubs9 = Toronto Roma | caps9 = | goals9 =

| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

| manageryears1 = 1964| managerclubs1 = Toronto Roma

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Rubí Orlando Cerioni (1 May 1927 – 17 March 2012) was an Argentine footballer who played professionally in the Argentine Primera División, Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, Mexican Primera División, Chilean Primera División and Canadian National Soccer League.

Career

Born in La Plata, Cerioni played as a forward. He began his career with the youth side of Gimnasia de La Plata. He made two Primera División appearances for River Plate, before joining Argentine Primera B Nacional side Quilmes in 1949.{{cite web|publisher=Perspectiva Sur|title=Las cenizas de Rubí Cerioni fueron esparcidas en el Estadio Centenario|trans-title=Rubí Cerioni's ashes were scattered in the Centenario Stadium|url=http://www.perspectivasur.com/2/nota_1.php?noticia_id=26906|language=es|date=18 March 2012|access-date=15 January 2013|archive-date=24 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324214447/http://www.perspectivasur.com/2/nota_1.php?noticia_id=26906|url-status=dead}} Cerioni quickly became a part of the squad and helped Quilmes win the 1949 title. Over his two stints with the club, he scored 59 goals in 102 Primera and Primera B appearances for Quilmes.{{cite web|publisher=Diario Mas|title=Una Estrella más en el Cielo|trans-title=A star in the sky|url=http://www.diariomas.com.ar/70/deportes/29134-una-estrella-mas-en-el-cielo.html|language=es|date=23 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219112134/http://www.diariomas.com.ar/70/deportes/29134-una-estrella-mas-en-el-cielo.html|archive-date=19 February 2013}}

In 1951, Cerioni moved to Colombia to play for {{ill|lt=Sporting de Barranquilla|Sporting Club de Barranquilla|es|Sporting Club}} and Deportivo Cali. He returned to Quilmes, and spells with Atlas, Toronto Roma{{cite web|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|title=Battle to draw|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press/1962-05-21/page-18|page=18|date=21 May 1962}} and O'Higgins followed before he retired in 1962.{{cite web|publisher=Alma los Blancos|author=Minig, Patricio Raúl|title=Se fue un pedazo de nuestra historia: Rubí Orlando Cerioni|trans-title=He was a piece of our history: Rubí Orlando Cerioni|url=http://almalosblancos.blogspot.com/2012/03/se-fue-pedazo-de-nuestra-historia-rubi.html|language=es|date=23 March 2012}}

Managerial career

Cerioni served as a play-coach in 1964 for Toronto Roma in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League.{{Cite news|last=Orr|first=Frank|date=May 21, 1964|title=City plays 2 roles in loss to Roma|page=17|work=Toronto Daily Star}}

Personal life

His brothers Enrique, Alberto and Héctor also were footballers who played for Gimnasia La Plata.{{cite web |title=Cerioni, Rubí Orlando |url=http://www.gelp.org/displaydictionaryselection.php?id=1425 |website=www.gelp.org |access-date=9 October 2024 |language=es}}

Cerioni died in March 2012.