Norberto Yácono

Norberto Yácono

Yácono in 1942.
Personal information
Full name	Norberto Antonio Yácono
Date of birth	(1919-01-08)January 8, 1919
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	November 1985 (aged 66)
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1938-1953	River Plate	393	(0)
1953-1958	América	?	(?)
1959-1960	Montréal Alouettes / Concordia
International career
1940s-1951	Argentina	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2008

Norberto Yácono (8 January 1919 – November 1985) was an Argentine footballer defender who won six Argentine league championships with River Plate. He was born in Buenos Aires.

Playing career

Yácono made his debut for River Plate in a game against Newell's Old Boys in 1938. He went on to make 393 appearances which puts him in 5th place in the all-time table. He won six league championships with the club in 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1952 and 1953.

In the 1940s he made 15 appearances for the Argentina national team and was part of the squad that won Copa América 1947.

After leaving River Plate in 1953 he played for América in Mexico. He then played for Montréal Alouettes / Concordia in Canada, winning a national title in 1959.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1941	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1942	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1945	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1947	Argentina	Copa América
1947	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1952	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1953	River Plate	Primera División Argentina

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in the early 1960s Yácono returned to Argentina where he worked as the manager of Sportivo Italiano, Lanús and Godoy Cruz. Later in his career he took up a position of youth team coach for River Plate. After he immigrated to the USA and lived in New Jersey, he was still very active with soccer and became the coach for Iberia Airlines of Spain in the New York Airlines Soccer League, which does not exist any more . That was in the early 70s. His knowledge and passion for soccer helped the team to win the championship in 1973. Through the efforts of Norberto Yacono, Iberia Airlines was able to incorporate in the team recently retired players from Argentina, such as Norberto Troilo and Guillermo Heredia. His son, "Pichi", also played for the team that winning year.

External links

• (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)