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Roland Marcenaro
Personal information
Full name	Roland William Marcenaro Nieves
Date of birth	9 October 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Metropolitanos (manager)
Youth career
	Juventud Victoria
1977–1979	Cerro
1979–1981	Peñarol
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1983	Peñarol
1984	River Plate Montevideo
1985	San Luis de Quillota
1986	Sportivo Italiano Montevideo
1987	El Tanque Sisley
1988	Liverpool Montevideo
1989	Juventud Retalteca
1990–1991	Comunicaciones
1992	Lavalleja
1993	Fénix
1995	El Tanque Sisley
Managerial career
1996–1997	Miramar Misiones (youth)
1996	Miramar Misiones (interim)
1998	Uruguay (assistant)
1999	River Plate Montevideo (assistant)
2002–2003	Miramar Misiones
2004	Cerro
2006–2009	Uruguay U17
2010	Miramar Misiones
2011	Caracas B
2013	Al-Rayyan (assistant)
2014	Al-Gharafa (assistant)
2015	Greece (assistant)
2018	Miramar Misiones
2019–2021	Cerrito
2022	Atenas de San Carlos
2022–2023	Cerrito
2025–	Metropolitanos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roland William Marcenaro Nieves (born 9 October 1963) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Venezuelan club Metropolitanos.

Playing career

Marcenaro was born in Montevideo, and finished his formation with Peñarol. He made his first team debut in 1980, but failed to establish himself as a regular starter, and moved to River Plate Montevideo in 1984.^[1]

In 1986, after a year at Chilean side San Luis de Quillota, Marcenaro returned to Uruguay and joined Sportivo Italiano. He subsequently represented El Tanque Sisley and Liverpool Montevideo before moving abroad again in 1989, with Juventud Retalteca in Guatemala.

Marcenaro returned to his home country in 1992, after playing for Comunicaciones, and signed for Treinta y Tres-based side Club Lavalleja. He moved to Fénix in the following year, before retiring with El Tanque Sisley in 1995.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Marcenaro also began his coaching career with Miramar Misiones' youth setup. In 1996, he was an interim manager of the main squad for three matches.

Marcenaro was an assistant manager of the Uruguayan Football Association in 1998, while also working under the same role at River Plate Montevideo the following year. In 2002,^[2] he returned to managerial duties with Miramar Misiones, helping the side to achieve promotion back to the Primera División in his first season and narrowly missing out a Copa Libertadores qualification in his second.

In January 2004, Marcenaro replaced Gerardo Pelusso at the helm of Cerro.^[3] Dismissed in August,^[4] he worked at the Organización Nacional de Fútbol Infantil in 2005 before being named manager of the Uruguay under-17 national team in March 2006.^[5]

In 2010, Marcenaro returned to Miramar for a third spell as manager. He resigned on 15 November,^[6] and moved abroad to join Caracas the following March, as manager of their B-team in the Venezuelan Segunda División.^[7]

In 2013, Marcenaro worked as Diego Aguirre's assistant at Al-Rayyan.^[8] He also worked with Aguirre at Al-Gharafa in the following year, and was Sergio Markarián's assistant at the Greece national team in 2015.^[9]

In June 2018, after more than two years of inactivity and after working as an Uber driver,^[10] Marcenaro rejoined Miramar for a fourth spell.^[11] In August 2019 he took over Cerrito,^[12] and led the club back to the top tier in the 2020 season.^[10]

Personal life

Marcenaro's brother Nelson was also a footballer who played as a central defender. Their uncle Óscar was also a manager, and was in charge of the Uruguay national team in the 1949 South American Championship.

References

^ "En 1984, River Plate ascendió a Primera de la mano de Don Roque Maspoli" [In 1984, River Plate promoted to Primera at the hands of Don Roque Maspoli] (in Spanish). Referí. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Trepando a primera" [Nearing primera] (in Spanish). LaRed21. 16 December 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Marcenaro arregló con Cerro; Krasouski arranca en Miramar" [Marcenaro signed with Cerro; Krasouski starts at Miramar] (in Spanish). LaRed21. 20 January 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Liverpool aguarda novedades por Soria" [Liverpool wait for news on Soria] (in Spanish). LaRed21. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Comenzó a trabajar la Selección uruguaya Sub 17" [The Uruguay under-17 national team] (in Spanish). LaRed21. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Triste adiós" [Sad farewell] (in Spanish). Fichajes.net. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Roland Marcenaro ya entrena al Caracas "B"" [Roland Marcenaro already manages Caracas "B"] (in Spanish). Solo Deportes. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Roland Marcenaro wins his first championship title with the Al Rayyan". Talent Sports Management. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Markarian es el entrenador de Grecia" [Markarian is the manager of Greece] (in Spanish). Ovación. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "El ascenso de Cerrito con un DT que manejaba un Uber" [The promotion of Cerrito with a manager who was an Uber driver] (in Spanish). Referí. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Roland Marcenaro, nuevo DT de Miramar" [Roland Marcenaro, new manager of Miramar] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Segunda: Informe especial" [Segunda: Special info] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2021.