Roberto Eugenio Cerro, named "Cherro" (23 February 1907 – 11 October 1965) was anArgentinefootballstriker. He was born inBarracas in the city ofBuenos Aires inArgentina. He played the majority of his career withBoca Juniors, he scored 221 goals in 305 games for the club (in all official competitions), making him Boca Juniors' highest scoring player until his record was surpassed byMartín Palermo in 2010.[1] He also ranks 5th. among theall-time Primera División top scorers, with 236 goals in 345 league matches.[2]
Cherro won five league titles with Boca Juniors, being also the club'stop scorer on five occasions (1926,1928, and1930 with 20, 32 and 37 goals respectively). He was also part of theArgentina national team that won the silver medal at the1928 Summer Olympics.[3] Later, he was a radio sports commentator, together with the renowned Fioravanti, in the 60s.
