Roberto Drago Maturo

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Roberto Drago Maturo
Personal information
Full name Roberto Mario Drago Maturo
Date of birth (1951-09-12) 12 September 1951 (age 74)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Universitario
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1973 Deportivo Municipal
1974–1975 Defensor Lima
1976 Deportivo Municipal
1977 Atlético Chalaco
1978–1980 Deportivo Municipal
1981–1982 Sporting Cristal
1983 Lawn Tennis
Managerial career
1984 Alianza Atlético
1987 Lawn Tennis
1991 Peru U17
1992 Peru U20
1994 Alianza Atlético
1997 Deportivo Municipal
1997 Peru U17
2000–2002 Deportivo Municipal
2009–2010 Sport Boys
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Mario Drago Maturo (born 12 September 1951) is a Peruvian football manager and former player.

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His father, Roberto Drago Burga, was also a footballer, an idol of Deportivo Municipal.

Biography

Playing career

Nicknamed Titín, Roberto Drago Maturo began his career at Deportivo Municipal in 1969. He also played for Defensor Lima, Atlético Chalaco and Sporting Cristal before hanging up his boots at Lawn Tennis, a 2nd division club, in 1983. [1]

Managerial career

After becoming a coach, he led Alianza Atlético to second place in the Copa Perú in 1984, [2] a club he would coach a second time in 1994. In the 1990s, he served as coach of Peru's youth national teams (U20 in 1992 and U17 twice, in 1991 and 1997). [3]

Following in the footsteps of his father, who was a player and coach for Deportivo Municipal, Roberto Drago Maturo took over the reins of the club in 1997 and again from 2000 to 2002. However, it was with Sport Boys that he achieved true success, winning the Peruvian Second Division championship in 2009. [4]

He worked as a sports commentator for the Peruvian sports channel Gol Perú, while also serving as president of the Peruvian Association of Racehorse Owners (APCCP). [5]

Honours

Player

Defensor Lima

Manager

Sport Boys

References

  1. Ubaldo Villalobos (3 February 2020). "Los Maldini y otras grandes dinastías en el fútbol" [The Maldini family and other great dynasties in football]. El Comercio (Peru) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  2. Raúl Behr (17 January 2010). "Diez cálidos momentos" [Ten warm moments]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  3. Víctor Zaferson (1 February 2009). "Once Ideal: Matemáticamente condenado" [Ideal Eleven: Mathematically doomed]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  4. Eduardo Combe (10 July 2017). "El mes rosado: la noche que Sport Boys hizo festejar a todo el Callao en 2009" [The pink month: the night Sport Boys made all of Callao celebrate in 2009]. Depor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  5. "Se viene la semana del propietario en el Hipódromo de Monterrico" [Owner's Week is coming to the Monterrico Racetrack]. Exitosa (in Spanish). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  6. Roberto Castro (26 August 2008). "Los libertadores de Breña" [The liberators of Breña]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  7. Cesar Silva (16 February 2023). "Peru - Second Level Winning Coaches". RSSSF . Retrieved 2 January 2026.