Rubén Amorín

{{Short description|Uruguayan footballer (1927–2014)}} {{distinguish|Ruben Amorim|text=[[Ruben Amorim]], the Portuguese former footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} '''Rubén Darío Amorín Mattos'''<ref>Also sp. '''Matos''' in some sources.</ref> (6 November 1927 – 24 December 2014) was a Uruguayan [[association football|football]] player who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] and [[coach (sports)|coach]].

==Playing career== Amorín was born in [[Rocha Department|Rocha]]. He arrived in 1952 in [[Guatemala]] to play for [[Guatemala FC]].

==Coaching career== Amorín spent the majority of his coaching career in Guatemala, where he won a record eight national titles with three clubs from 1964 to 1992,<ref>[http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20141224/futbol/fallece-el-uruguayo-ruben-amorin-tecnico-mas-ganador-del-futbol-de-guatemala_54422132867.html Fallece Rubén Amorín, el técnico más ganador del fútbol de Guatemala] - Mundo Deportivo {{in lang|es}}</ref> He guided [[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]] and [[Comunicaciones F.C.|Comunicaciones]] to the [[CONCACAF Champions League|CONCACAF Champions Cup]] in [[1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1974]] and [[1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1978]].

He also recorded five tenures as coach of the [[Guatemala national football team|Guatemala national team]], winning the 1967 NORCECA Championship (now the [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]) which is the highest international honor for that national team to date. He retired in 1994.<ref>[http://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/futbol_nacional/Ruben-Amorin-Tecnico-fallece-mas-grande-Uruguay-Guatemala_0_1272472846.html Se despide una leyenda del futbol nacional: Don Rubén Amorín] - Prensa Libre {{in lang|es}}</ref>

Due to his success at both the club and international level, Amorín is considered the greatest coach in the history of Guatemalan football by the local press and football personalities.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://dca.gob.gt:85/archivo/050722/deportes1.htm | author=Pocón, David | newspaper=[[Diario de Centro América]] | title=El viejo zorro de la táctica y la estrategia | accessdate=5 February 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721084910/http://dca.gob.gt:85/archivo/050722/deportes1.htm | archivedate=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

== Death == On 24 December 2014, he died of [[Alzheimer's disease]] at the age of 87.<ref>[http://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/futbol_nacional/Ruben-Amorin-Tecnico-fallece-mas-grande-Uruguay-Guatemala_0_1272472846.html Ruben Amorin Tecnico fallece mas grande Uruguay-Guatemala] - Prensa Libre {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Guatemala national football team managers}} {{CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup winning managers}} {{Costa Rica squad 1960 CCCF Championship}} {{Guatemala squad 1967 CONCACAF Championship}} {{Guatemala football squad 1976 Summer Olympics}}

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