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{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Vairo|Moramarco|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Federico Vairo 
| image = Vairo.jpg
| image_size = 160
| caption = Vairo during his run on [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| fullname = Federico Vairo Moramarco
| height = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|1|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Rosario]], [[Argentina]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|12|7|1930|1|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[defender (football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1950–1954
| years2 = 1955–1959
| years3 = 1960–1966
| years4 = 1967
| clubs1 = [[Rosario Central]]
| clubs2 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| clubs3 = [[Club Deportivo O'Higgins|O'Higgins]]
| clubs4 = [[Deportivo Cali]]
| caps1 = 100
| caps2 = 97
| caps3 = 106
| caps4 = ?
| goals1 = 10
| goals2 = 3
| goals3 = 4
| goals4 = ?
| nationalyears1 = 1955–1958
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 41
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate = June 2007
}}
'''Federico Vairo Moramarco''' (27 January 1930 – 7 December 2010) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[football (soccer)|football]] defender who won three consecutive [[Primera Division Argentina|league]] titles with [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] and represented [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] at the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-squad-wc.html |title=Argentina 1958 World Cup squad |publisher=rsssf |access-date=2010-02-01}}</ref>

His younger brother [[Juan Vairo|Juan Apolonio Vairo Moramarco]] also played football professionally, including one season for [[Juventus FC|Juventus]].

==Early life==
Federico Vairo was born in [[Rosario]], [[Argentina]].

==Club career==
Vairo started his career at [[Rosario Central]] in his home city in 1947, he played for the club for 8 seasons before moving to [[Buenos Aires]] to play for River Plate. River won three consecutive league titles between 1955 and 1957.

Vairo played for the Argentina National team at the World Cup held in [[Sweden]] in 1958. At one time he was the player with the most games played for the national team. His record was not broken until the 1990s.

In 1960 Vairo joined [[Chile]]an [[Club Deportivo O'Higgins|O'Higgins]]. His first three seasons with the club resulted in mid-table finishes, but the 1963 campaign saw the club relegated, finishing 18th and last in the table.

1964 saw O'Higgins' successful return to the [[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División|Primera División de Chile]] by winning the [[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B|Chilean Second Division]] title. In 1965 Vairo dedicated his life to the youth leagues as coach of [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]], where he was in charge of training and turning amateurs to professionals first division footballers.

From 1999 to 2010, River Plate hired him to scout youth players from the [[Santa Fe Province]]. One of the best players he scouted was [[Lionel Messi]], when he was 12 years old, despite the fact that he later left the club for Barcelona.<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 December 2015|title=Messi llegó a River por Federico Vairo, hace 15 años, y no quedo|work=La Señal Medios|url=https://laseñalmedios.com.ar/2015/12/21/messi-llego-a-river-por-federico-vairo-hace-15-anos-y-no-quedo/}}</ref>

In 2005, he was given an award at the 50th anniversary party of O'Higgins.<ref>{{YouTube|qBquqgl05LU}}{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Season
!Club
!Title
|-
|1955|| [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]|| [[Primera Division Argentina]]
|-
|1956|| [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]|| [[Primera Division Argentina]]
|-
|1957|| [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]|| [[Primera Division Argentina]]
|-
|1964|| [[Club Deportivo O'Higgins|O'Higgins]]|| [[Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera B|Chilean Second Division]]
|-
|1967|| [[Deportivo Cali]]|| [[Copa Mustang]]
|}

==International career==

Between 1955 and 1958 Vairo played 41 games for the [[Argentina national football team]]. He helped Argentina to win the 1957 [[South American Championship 1957|Copa America]] and represented Argentina at the 1958 World Cup.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Season
!Club
!Title
|-
|1957|| [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]|| [[Copa America]]
|}

==Death==
On 7 December 2010, Federico Vairo died in a hospital in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], from [[stomach cancer]]. He is survived by his brother [[Juan Vairo]], his wife Marta, and his three children, Graciela, Daniel, and Claudia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rosario3.com/ultimo/noticias.aspx?idNot=82605 |title=Murió Federico Vairo, gloria de Rosario Central de los 50 |publisher=Rosario3.com |access-date=2012-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308191033/http://www.rosario3.com/ultimo/noticias.aspx?idNot=82605 |archive-date=2012-03-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/Murio-Federico-Vairo-Rosario-Central_0_385761668.html |title=Murió Federico Vairo, gloria del fútbol argentino |date=7 December 2010 |publisher=Clarin.com |access-date=2012-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riverplate.com/Noticias/Ex-River/8291-fallecio-federico-vairo-ex-defensor-de-river.html |title=Falleció Federico Vairo, histórico defensor - River Plate - La Pagina Millonaria - Sitio 100% No Oficial |publisher=River Plate |access-date=2012-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309144537/http://www.riverplate.com/Noticias/Ex-River/8291-fallecio-federico-vairo-ex-defensor-de-river.html |archive-date=2012-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Nombre (requerido) |url=http://www.larazon.com.ar/deportes/Murio-futbolista-Federico-Vairo_0_192900111.html |title=Murió el futbolista Federico Vairo |publisher=La Razon |access-date=2012-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307173701/http://www.larazon.com.ar/deportes/Murio-futbolista-Federico-Vairo_0_192900111.html |archive-date=2012-03-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://espanol.sports.yahoo.com/noticias/deportes-fallecio-80-federico-vairo-ex-07122010-82.html |title=No se encontró la página - Yahoo! |access-date=2010-12-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712123237/http://espanol.sports.yahoo.com/noticias/deportes-fallecio-80-federico-vairo-ex-07122010-82.html |archive-date=2012-07-12 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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