Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide (12 October 1917 in Montevideo – 22 February 2004 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He was the goalkeeper for the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup. He was also the head coach for the Uruguayan team that won the 1980 Mundialito.

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Roque Máspoli

Máspoli as Peñarol goalkeeper
Personal information
Full name	Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide
Date of birth	(1917-10-12)12 October 1917
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	22 February 2004(2004-02-22) (aged 86)
Place of death	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
–1933	Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1933–1939	Nacional	49	(2)
1939–1940	Liverpool Montevideo	46	(1)
1940–1955	Peñarol	253	(20)
Total		348	(23)
International career
1945–1955	Uruguay	40	(1[1])
Managerial career
1955	Peñarol
1956	Danubio
1963–1967	Peñarol
1968–1970	Elche
1970–1971	Peñarol
1972–1973	Defensor Lima
1975	El Nacional
1975–1977	Ecuador
1976	Peñarol
1977–1978	Sporting Cristal
1979–1982	Uruguay
1985–1986	Peñarol
1987	Barcelona SC
1988	Peñarol
1992	Peñarol
1997	Uruguay
Medal record Representing  Uruguay FIFA World Cup Winner 1950 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Born in Montevideo, into a Ticinese family originally from Caslano,^[2] Maspoli began playing in the youth ranks of Club Nacional de Football. He would make his Uruguayan Primera División debut with Liverpool de Montevideo in 1939.^[3]

After one season with Liverpool, he joined C.A. Peñarol. He would spend the rest of his playing career with Peñarol, winning six Primera titles with the club.^[3]

In the final match of the 1950 World Cup, known as the "Maracanazo" due to Uruguay's surprising win at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, in front of near 200,000 Brazilian fans, Máspoli allowed one goal as the visitors beat favorites Brazil 2–1.^[4]

Máspoli also coached Uruguayan club Peñarol,^[5] with which he won five national championships, the Copa Libertadores and the 1966 Intercontinental Cup, when the team beat Real Madrid 4–0 on aggregate. Later, he managed teams in Spain, Peru and Ecuador.

In the 1980s, Máspoli spent several years coaching the Uruguay national team. He took charge again in 1997, becoming the oldest ever manager of any national football team at the age of 80.

Roque Máspoli was hospitalized on 10 February 2004 with heart trouble. He died twelve days later at the age of 86.^[3] His remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.^[6]