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José Luis Russo

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José Luis Russo
Personal information
Full name José Luis Russo Perrone
Date of birth (1958-07-14)14 July 1958
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 10 February 2026(2026-02-10) (aged 67)
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Defender
Youth career
Urreta (five-a-side)
La Rinconada (five-a-side)
Chacabuco (five-a-side)
Huracán Buceo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1977 Huracán Buceo[2]
1978–1982 Defensor[3]
1983–1984 Deportes Tolima 69 (8)
1985 Atlético Bucaramanga
1986 Peñarol[2] 6 (0)
1987 Independiente Medellín
1988 Palmeiras[4]
1988–1989 Deportes Iquique[2][5][6] 24 (1)
1990 Cerro[7]
1991–1993 Huracán Buceo
International career
1977 Uruguay U20[2][8][9] 12 (0)
1979–1986 Uruguay[10][11] 15 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Luis Russo Perrone (14 July 1958 – 10 February 2026) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender for clubs of Uruguay, Chile, Brazil and Colombia.

Club career

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Russo started his career at Huracán Buceo in 1975 but became known at Defensor after outplaying Peñarol's Fernando Morena in his debut.[2][12] He later joined Peñarol in 1986 where he won the Uruguayan championship after Peñarol beat Nacional in the championship play-off.[2][12] He later played in Colombia, Brazil and Chile.[12]

International career

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He won 15 caps for Uruguay between 1979 and 1986 but did not make the 1986 World Cup squad.[12]

Coaching career

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Following his retirement, Russo coached children in Valencia, Spain, and Miami, United States.[2]

Personal life and death

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Russo was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was nicknamed Pete, a short form of Chupete (Dummy), an inherited nickname from his grandfather.[2]

Russo died on 10 February 2026, at the age of 67.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ "José Luis Russo".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Díaz, Juan José (22 April 2023). "Anuló a Morena, le dijo fantasma a Maradona y se escondió de Pablo Escobar; la vida del Pete Russo". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "2 - 1 vs Defensor". Atilio Software (in Spanish). COMISIÓN DE HISTORIA Y ESTADÍSTICA C.N.de F. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Facundo Torres y su llegada a Palmeiras: "Tengo el sueño de ganar la Libertadores"". ESPN (in Spanish). 20 December 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025. José Luis Russo (zaguero). Debut en 1988.
  5. ↑ @somoscelestes; (24 May 2024). "#MesDelCDI DÍA 24 José Luis Russo; el gran central uruguayo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025 – via Instagram.
  6. ↑ "COLO-COLO 2:1 DEPORTES IQUIQUE". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "0 - 0 vs Cerro". Atilio Software (in Spanish). COMISIÓN DE HISTORIA Y ESTADÍSTICA C.N.de F. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "A 40 años de uno de uno de los grandes éxitos del fútbol juvenil de Uruguay". www.agesor.com.uy (in Spanish). 6 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "A 40 años del Sudamericano Juvenil". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "José Luis Russo - AUF". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "¿Cómo le fue a Uruguay ante los grandes CLUBES de fútbol de Europa?". www.ahifu.uy (in Spanish). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Radnedge, Keir; Whelan, Greg; Gleeson, Mark; Evans, Jamie (April 2026). "Obituaries". World Soccer. p. 21.
  13. ↑ Falleció José Luis “Pete” Russo, exzaguero de selección uruguaya, Peñarol y Huracán Buceo (in Spanish)
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