Alberto Maximo Zozaya is a former Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 football

Football (soccer)

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 striker, he played most of his career for Estudiantes de La Plata

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

 and represented the Argentina national football team

Argentina national football team

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Playing career

Alberto "Don Padilla" Zozaya started his career in the early 1930s with Estudiantes. He was the first player to score a goal in the professional era of Argentine football, which began in 1931.

Zozaya became an integral part of the Estudiantes team of the 1930s nicknamed "Los Profesores" (The Professors). In 1933 he scored 33 goals in the league to become the top scorer in the Primera División Argentina

Primera División Argentina topscorers

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 and the whole of South America.

In 1937 Zozaya played in the South American Championship 1937

South American Championship 1937

The fourteenth edition of the South American Championship of football was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from December 27, 1936 to February 1, 1937....

 helping Argentina to win the title with a contribution of 5 goals.

In 1939 Zozaya moved to Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club de Avellaneda

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 but he only played 2 games before moving to Bella Vista

Club Atlético Bella Vista

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 in Uruguay

Uruguay

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 but he did not settle there either and retired at the end of the 1940 season.

Titles as a player

Season	Team	Title
1937 South American Championship 1937 The fourteenth edition of the South American Championship of football was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from December 27, 1936 to February 1, 1937....	Argentina national football team Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...	Copa América Copa América The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...

Managerial career

After retiring as a player Zozaya went into management, he was manager of Portuguese

Portugal

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 side Benfica

SL Benfica

Sport Lisboa e Benfica , commonly known as simply Benfica or occasionally as Benfica Lisbon, is a Portuguese multi-sports club based in Lisbon. Although they successfully compete in a number of different sports, Benfica is mostly known for its association football team...

 from 1952-1953. He was also manager of Gimnasia de La Plata

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División...