Mauricio Victorino

Mauricio Victorino
Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Bernardo Victorino Dansilio
Date of birth	11 October 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre Back
Team information
Current team	Nacional (assistant coach)
Youth career
	Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2006	Nacional
2004	→ Plaza Colonia (loan)
2006–2007	Veracruz
2007–2009	Nacional
2009–2011	Universidad de Chile
2011–2014	Cruzeiro
2014	→ Palmeiras (loan)
2015	Independiente
2016–2017	Nacional
2017–2018	Cerro Porteño
2019–2021	Danubio
Total
International career
2006–2016	Uruguay
Managerial career
2023	Liverpool (assistant)
2024	León (assistant)
2024–	Nacional (assistant)
Medal record
Representing Uruguay
Copa América
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mauricio Bernardo Victorino Dansilo (Spanish pronunciation: [mawˈɾisjo βeɾˈnaɾðo βiɣtoˈɾino ðanˈsilo]; born 11 October 1982) is a Uruguayan football coach and a former defender. He is an assistant manager with Nacional.

Club career

Nacional

He made his debut for Nacional in a Copa Libertadores match against Argentine River Plate on 3 March 2005. His uncle Waldemar Victorino had also previously played for Nacional.^[1]

Veracruz

In August 2006 he was transferred one season to Veracruz where he played in the Mexican Primera División. In July 2007 he returned to Nacional.

Universidad de Chile

On 1 August 2009, he was transferred to Universidad de Chile after an excellent campaign with Nacional in the 2009 Copa Libertadores and the 2008–09. He scored his first goal as a Universidad de Chile player, after a left-footed shot, on August 30, 2009, in a game against Audax Italiano.

Cruzeiro

Victorino joined Brazilian club Cruzeiro on 1 February 2011.^[2]

Danubio

After a spending the 2018–19 season without a club as a penalty for testing positive to PEDs, it was announced on August 17, 2019 that Victorino had joined hometown club Danubio F.C.^[3]

National team

Victorino played on the Uruguay national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the shoot out against Ghana, he scored the second penalty kick for Uruguay in the World Cup quarterfinals on July 2, 2010. The goal was one of four that sent Uruguay to the semi-finals for the first time in 40 years.

In 2011, he won the Copa América playing 2 matches.

In 2016, he returned to the national team, after an absence of more than three years.

Honors

Club

Nacional

Primera División Uruguaya: 2005, 2005–06, 2008–09

Universidad de Chile

Primera División de Chile (1): 2011 Apertura

Cruzeiro

International

Uruguay

Copa América: 2011

References

^ "Victorino puede arreglar" (in Spanish). Ovación Digital. 30 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013.
^ "Cruzeiro anuncia contratação de uruguaio Mauricio Victorino" (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. February 1, 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "Mauricio Victorino returns to Uruguayan football". Retrieved November 25, 2019.

External links

Mauricio Victorino at National-Football-Teams.com
Mauricio Victorino at ESPN FC

[puede-1] "Victorino puede arreglar" (in Spanish). Ovación Digital. 30 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013.

[Cruzeiro-2] "Cruzeiro anuncia contratação de uruguaio Mauricio Victorino" (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. February 1, 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[3] "Mauricio Victorino returns to Uruguayan football". Retrieved November 25, 2019.

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