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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Drago Burga | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Date of death | 24 October 2014(2014-10-24) (aged 91) | ||
| Place of death | Lima, Peru | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939 | Centro Iqueño | ||
| 1940–1945 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1946 | Racing Club | 3 | (0) |
| 1947–1951 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1952 | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 1953–1961 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1962–1963 | Ciclista Lima | ||
| 1963–1965 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| International career | |||
| 1949–1961 | Peru | 30 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1962–1963 | Ciclista Lima | ||
| 1965 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1966 | Sport Boys | ||
| 1967 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1968 | Peru olympic | ||
| 1969–1972 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1977 | Atlético Chalaco | ||
| 1978–1979 | Atlético Chalaco | ||
| 1979 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Roberto "Tito" Drago Burga (28 July 1923 – 24 October 2014) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward.
He is considered the most important player in the history of Deportivo Municipal from Lima.[1]
Playing career
Club
After playing for the Centro Iqueño, Roberto Drago joined Deportivo Municipal in 1940 and made his debut on May 12, 1940 against Atlético Chalaco (2-0 victory).[2]
Emblematic player of Deportivo Municipal, he played around twenty seasons intermittently between 1940 and 1965. He won the championships in 1940, 1943 and 1950 with the help of two of their partners, Luis Guzmán and Máximo Mosquera, trio known in Peru as “The Three Little Cats”.[1]
Transferred to Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1947 for 6,500 pesos (and a salary of 400 pesos per month),[3] Drago played under the management of Guillermo Stábile but failed to establish himself (only 3 matches played)[4] and returned to Peru. He would have one last experience abroad in 1952, in Colombia, with Independiente Medellín.
International
Peruvian international, author of seven goals in 30 caps, Roberto Drago participated in the South American championships of 1949, 1953, 1955 and 1956 as well as in two editions of the Panamerican Championship in 1952 and 1956. He won the gold medal with his country at the 1948 Bolivarian Games.
Coaching career
After his playing career, Roberto Drago worked as a coach. He managed Sport Boys in 1966, which he qualified for the Copa Libertadores for the first time. Between 1967 and 1979, he managed his long-time club, Deportivo Municipal, three times.
Personal live
Roberto Drago has three sons, Roberto, Miguel and Jaime, all three footballers for Deportivo Municipal. In 1981, he founded a football academy, the Academia Tito Drago. He died on October 24, 2014, at the age of 91.[5]
Statistics
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 1949 | 5 | 3 |
| 1952 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1953 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1954 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1955 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1956 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 7 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 April 1949 | São Januário, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Paraguay_(1842%E2%80%931954).svg.png) Paraguay |
1–3 | 1–3 | 1949 South American Championship |
| 2. | 27 April 1949 | Vila Belmiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | .svg/1280px-Bandera_de_Bolivia_(Estado).svg.png) Bolivia |
1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3. | 2–0 | |||||
| 4. | 20 April 1952 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Mexico_(1934-1968).svg.png) Mexico |
2–0 | 3–0 | 1952 Panamerican Championship |
| 5. | 22 January 1956 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Argentina |
1–2 | 1–2 | 1956 South American Championship |
| 6. | 1 February 1956 | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Brazil_(1889%E2%80%931960).svg.png) Brazil |
1–1 | 1–2 | ||
| 7. | 4 March 1956 | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico |
1–0 | 2–0 | 1956 Panamerican Championship |
Honours
Player
Deportivo Municipal
Peru
- Bolivarian Games: 1947–48[7]
References
- ^ a b Raúl Behr (10 August 2012). "Roberto Drago: El maestro de la escoba" [Roberto Drago: The master of the broom]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Roberto Gando (12 May 2015). "El debut de Roberto Drago en Municipal: La primera banda de Tito" [Roberto Drago's debut in Municipal: Tito's first band]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Kenny Romero (28 July 2013). "Tito Drago en Racing 1946: Cuando nació la Academia" [Tito Drago at Racing 1946: When the Academy was born]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Tito Drago". BDFA. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Falleció Tito Drago, ídolo de Deportivo Municipal" [Tito Drago, idol of Deportivo Municipal, died]. El Comercio (Perú) (in Spanish). 24 October 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ a b Roberto Drago at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b "Fallece exfutbolista Roberto 'Tito' Drago" [Former footballer Roberto 'Tito' Drago dies]. El Bocón (in Spanish). 24 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
External links
- Roberto Drago at National-Football-Teams.com
- Academia Tito Drago
