Roberto Chery – Wikipedia

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Roberto Chery

Roberto Chery

Personnel
Birthday February 16, 1896
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
date of death 30. May 1919
Sterbeort Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien
Position Tor
Men’s
Years Station Games (goals) first
1915–1919 Peñarol Athletic Club 31 (0)
National team
Years Selection Games (goals)
1919 Uruguay ten)
first Only league games are given.
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Roberto Chery (Born February 16, 1896 in Montevideo, † May 30, 1919 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Uruguayian football goalkeeper during the time of amateur sports in the Uruguay Association Football League (1900–1931).

He first played in the third division for the then five -time amateur master Club Atlético Peñarol and was the first team of the club from 1915. On November 26, 1916, he debut a friendship cup against the River Plate FC in the final won. At the Copa Competencia, too, he delivered a strong performance in the 3-0 win over Rosario Central. Nevertheless, he was first preferred to prefer Antonio Márques Castro and goalkeeper veteran Ernesto Cornú, which was signed by Dublin FC. It was only at the Copa Albion on May 27, 1917 that he came back because the players used in the league were not eligible to play there, and shone as well as the other Clásico as part of that cup on June 29, 1917. Nevertheless, he then had to For the time being, vacate space between the posts. After a catastrophic performance by Márques Castro as part of the Copa de Honor on October 28, 1917, in which he had to accept four goals for the archrival for the second time within a few months, finally the hour of Cherys. [first] From that point on, he belonged to the starting line -up in the league in the following two years. His greatest success was the championship title in 1918. Chery was considered exceptionally talented and interpreted the role of his game position in an innovative way. For example, in contrast to most other goalkeepers who ran in white shirts – he preferred gray jerseys so as not to get into the immediate spontaneous optical focus of the opposing strikers. He enjoyed a very great popularity among the audience. Also at the fact that Peñarol from the nine games with him in the goal against the city and arch rival Club Nacional de Football lost only one game- and only because of a penalty. His nickname “Poeta” (de.: Poet) stems that Chery was extremely interested in literarily and often performed his teammates – also written by himself.

Due to his convincing sporting achievements, he was appointed by national coach Severino Castillo to the national team squad for the Camponato Sudamericano 1919 (forerunner of Copa América) in Brazil. He was behind Cayetano Saporiti replacement goalkeeper and came on May 17th in the second game of the Celeste against Chile (2-0) in Estádio the Laranjeiras used. In the course of the game, Chery was seriously injured and was immediately admitted to a hospital. The information about the type of injury vary. Either he hit his head against a goal post in the course of a defense parade and lost consciousness or he suffered a hernia with organ squeezes. In the hospital, the goalkeeper received a visit from both his teammates and various players from the other national teams. 13 days after the game, he succumbed to his injuries – just one day after the final of the tournament, which the Uruguayers lost 1-0 AB against Brazil. The news caused great dismay in the football world all of South America and on June 1st a spontaneous friendly between the national teams of Brazil and Argentina was organized in Rio de Janeiro. The so -called Roberto Chery Cup in memory of the deceased. In his honor, the Argentine carried the national jerseys Uruguay and Brazil the dress Peñarols. The game ended 3: 3 and the cup was then handed over to the Ca Peñarol.

National

Official competitions

  • Uruguayian Amateur MEISTER: 1918
Friendship tournaments

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  • Competition Cup: 1916
  • Cup of honor: 1918
  • Copa Albion: 1916, 1917
  • Anniversary Cup: 1916
  • Copa Montevideo: 1918
  • Cup „The transatlantic”: 1916

International

Official competitions

Friendship tournaments

  1. ↑ Luciano Álvarez: Peñarol story , 1st edition 2005, 137f, 143f

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