His son, Milton, was also in the World Cup squad.In 1967 the United Soccer Association imported entire squads from Europe and South America to play in North America.
With Viera as manager, Cerro played as the New York Skyliners.He also coached Nacional, Fluminense, where he achieved great success and coached the second-most games in club's history, Vasco da Gama and Peñarol.He was famously quoted as saying "Other countries have their history.