Ernesto Mascheroni

Ernesto Mascheroni
Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Alberto Mascheroni Castiglioni
Date of birth	21 November 1907
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	3 July 1984 (age 76)
Place of death	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1926–1930	Olimpia
1930–1933	Peñarol
1933–1934	Independiente
1934–1936	Ambrosiana
1936–1940	Peñarol
International career
1929–1939	Uruguay
1935–1936	Italy
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Uruguay and Italy
FIFA World Cup
Central European International Cup
South American Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernesto Alberto Mascheroni Castiglioni (Italian pronunciation: [erˈnɛsto maskeˈroːni]; 21 November 1907 – 3 July 1984) was a footballer from Uruguay.^[2] Born in Montevideo, Ernesto was a defender. He played as a left-back.

He played 13 times for the Uruguay between 1929 and 1939, including in the 1930 FIFA World Cup where Uruguay won the first ever World Cup tournament. In 1934, he moved to Italy to play for Ambrosiana (now Inter Milan) until 1936. During this period, he represented the Italy national football team twice winning the 1933–35 Central European International Cup. He later returned to Uruguay to play for C.A. Peñarol from 1936 to 1940.

By the time of his death in July 1984, at the age of 76, he was the last surviving member of Uruguay's 1930 World Cup winning team; though it would be another 26 years before the death of the last surviving participant of that World Cup.^[3]