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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio | ||
| Date of birth | (1893-03-06)March 6, 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Avellaneda,Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | February 28, 1958(1958-02-28) (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | Lanús, Argentina | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Porteño | |||
| 1910–1912 | Racing Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1912–1922 | Racing Club | 169 | (118) |
| International career | |||
| 1912–1919 | Argentina | 12 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio (March 6, 1893 – February 28, 1958) was an Argentinefootball player that spent all his career atRacing Club de Avellaneda. He played as aforward.[1]
He was part of the outstanding Racing Club squad that won 8 titles between 1913 and 1921, 7 of them consecutively.[1][2]
Betweem 1913 and 1922, he scored 118 goals in theArgentine Primera División,[3] finishing as the top scorer in 1917 and 1919.[1] Throughout his career, he scored scored 287 goals in official matches.[1]
After playing for a minor team of his neighborhood (Porteño),[1] Marcovecchio started his youth career at Racing in 1910.[4] Two years later he was promoted to thePrimera División, starting a career that led him to win 20 trophies with the club.[4]
In 1917, Marchovecchio was the season's top scorer with 18 goals in 20 games.[5] In 1921, he won his last title with Racing Club before leaving football due to an injury.[1]
With theArgentina national team, Marcovecchio played 12 games, making his debut in December 1912 againstUruguay.[6] He was called up for the1916 South American Championship and debuted againstChile, scoring two goals.[7] His international career ended in 1919,[6] when he represented Argentina in theNewton andLipton Cups.
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