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Ramón Platero

Uruguayan association football manager (1894–1950)

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Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ9303938 ↗
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Ramón Perdomo Platero (23 December 1894 – 5 August 1950) was a Uruguayan football manager. He coached Uruguay national team in their successful 1917 South American Championship campaign as his first work. He is also famous in Brazil for being the first coach in the history of Flamengo in 1921 and Vasco da Gama in 1922, even coaching both teams at the same time. He also coached Botafogo, Fluminense, Palestra Italia, Santos, São Paulo and he was the first foreigner to coach the Brazil national team.

Honours

Fluminense

Campeonato Carioca: 1919

Flamengo

Torneio Início Carioca: 1922

Vasco da Gama

Campeonato Carioca: 1923, 1924

LMDT Championship Group B: 1922

Torneio Início Carioca: 1926

Palestra Italia

Campeonato Paulista: 1926

Torneio Início Paulista: 1927

São Paulo

Torneio Início Paulista: 1940

Uruguay

South American Championship: 1917

Copa Newton: 1917

References

Further reading

Longo, Ariel. Ramón Platero: El Rey Oculto. Editorial De La Plaza. ISBN 9789974482708.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Ramón Platero” as uruguayan association football manager (1894–1950). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ramón, Platero and Uruguayan.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1894, 1950, 1917, 1921—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1894-12-31. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ramón, Platero and Uruguayan providing the first useful test.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9303938. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1894, 1950, 1917 and 1921.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ramón Platero” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.