Background
Federico Vairo was born in Rosario, Argentina.
Federico Vairo was born in Rosario, Argentina.
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. Vairo played for the Argentine National team at the World Cup held in Sweden in 1958. At onetime 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 Chilean 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 Primera División de Chile by winning the Chilean Second Division title, the only title in the club"s history. In 1965 Vairo dedicated his life in the little leagues as coach with Club Atlético River Plate, where he was in charge of training and turning amateurs to professionals which later played first division football.
1999–2010, Club Atlético River Plate hired him to scout junior players from the Santa Fe Province.
In 2005, he was given an award at the 50th Anniversary party of O"Higgins. On December 7, 2010, Federico Vairo died in a hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a battle against stomach cancer.