Robert Lima (footballer)

Robert Lima
Personal information
Birth name Robert Lima Fonseca
Date of birth (1972-06-18)18 June 1972
Place of birth Melo, Uruguay
Date of death 17 June 2021(2021-06-17) (aged 48)
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1999 Peñarol
1999–2000 Chacarita Juniors
2001 Club Olimpia
2001–2002 Peñarol
2003 Harbin Lange [zh]
2004 Sporting Cristal
2005 Shanghai The 9
2006 Liverpool Montevideo
2007 Durazno
2008–2009 Cerro Largo
International career
Uruguay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Lima Fonseca (18 June 1972 – 17 June 2021) was an Uruguayan football player and manager. He played as a defender. He played for Peñarol, Chacarita and Sporting Cristal, among others. With Peñarol he became five times Primera División champion between 1993 and 1997. At the last club he played for, Cerro Largo, he became assistant coach. Being an assistant coach for several clubs between 2008 and 2017 he became manager of Juticalpa in 2019.[2]

Lima died on 17 June 2021, aged 48.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Robert Lima". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Falleció Robert Lima, símbolo del segundo quinquenio de Peñarol 


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