Alfredo Carricaberry
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Alfredo Carricaberry (8 October 1900 – 23 September 1942) was an Argentine
football (soccer)
forward who played most of his career for San Lorenzo in Argentina.
Carricaberry played youth football with Club Floresta in Buenos Aires and then Estudiantil Porteño before joining San Lorenzo in 1919.
He made his debut in the first team on 25 April 1920 in a game against Racing Club de Avellaneda. He went on to make 274 appearances for the club scoring 104 goals and winning many trophies.
In 1922 Carricaberry made his debut for the Argentina national football team
.
In 1923 Carricaberry scored the winning goal in the Copa del Río de la Plata, San Lorenzo also won the AAmF championship an achievement they repeated in 1924.
1927 was a particularly successful year for Carricaberry, san Lorenzo won the AFA
championship for the first time, and they won the Copa del Río de la Plata. He played for Argentina in the Copa América
1927
scoring three goals helping them to win the title.
He was a member of the Argentine team that competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
where he received a silver madal after a loss in the final to Uruguay.
After the professionalisation of the game in 1931 Carricaberry joined Club Atlético Huracán
. His last international appearance also came in 1931 and he finished his playing career with Argentinos Juniors
in 1937.
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 (soccer)
Football (soccer)
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forward who played most of his career for San Lorenzo in Argentina.
Carricaberry played youth football with Club Floresta in Buenos Aires and then Estudiantil Porteño before joining San Lorenzo in 1919.
He made his debut in the first team on 25 April 1920 in a game against Racing Club de Avellaneda. He went on to make 274 appearances for the club scoring 104 goals and winning many trophies.
In 1922 Carricaberry made his debut for the 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...
.
In 1923 Carricaberry scored the winning goal in the Copa del Río de la Plata, San Lorenzo also won the AAmF championship an achievement they repeated in 1924.
1927 was a particularly successful year for Carricaberry, san Lorenzo won the AFA
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
championship for the first time, and they won the Copa del Río de la Plata. He played for Argentina in the 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...
1927
South American Championship 1927
The eleventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Lima, Peru from October 30 to November 27, 1927. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Uruguay. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament. This was the first South American Championship in...
scoring three goals helping them to win the title.
He was a member of the Argentine team that competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
where he received a silver madal after a loss in the final to Uruguay.
After the professionalisation of the game in 1931 Carricaberry joined Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...
. His last international appearance also came in 1931 and he finished his playing career with Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...
in 1937.