Ramón Miguel Centurión 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 striker who won Copa Libertadores 1986 with River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

.

Playing career

Centurión began his playing career in 1978 with home town club Unión de Santa Fe

Unión de Santa Fe

Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe....

 where he made 156 appearances and scored 47 goals. In 1985 he joined Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

 but only participated in the first half of the 1985-86

Primera División Argentina 1985-86

The 1985-1986 Argentine Primera División saw a major reform in Argentina football. The European calendar was adopted as well as the tournament format...

 season before joining Boca's fiercest rivals, River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

.

In his first year with River they won the Primera División Argentina

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

 1985-86 championship and the Copa Libertadores 1986 ere e a the top scorer for the club with 7 goal.

In 1986 Centurión was embroiled in a doping scandal and served a suspension after testing positive for Methamphetamines, he still maintains that he never intentionally took performance enhancing drugs. One of the most popular rumours involves Juan Gilberto Funes

Juan Gilberto Funes

Juan Gilberto Funes , nicknamed "El Búfalo" was an Argentine football player, known for his physical style of play...

, Centurion's teammate at the time. Funes is accused of introducing drugs in a bottle of water which was handled to Centurion after a match.

After serving his suspension he returned to play in River's championship winning team of 1989-90

Primera División Argentina 1989-90

-League standings:-Liguilla Pre-Libertadores:Semi-finalsFinal-Relegation:...

. He then had a short stint with 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....

 before returning to Unión de Santa Fe where he retired from football in 1992.

After retirement

Centurión suffered from depression for many years before returning to work at Unión as a youth team coach in 2003.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1985-86 Primera División Argentina 1985-86 The 1985-1986 Argentine Primera División saw a major reform in Argentina football. The European calendar was adopted as well as the tournament format...	River Plate Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....	Primera División Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
1986	River Plate Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....	Copa Libertadores
1989-90 Primera División Argentina 1989-90 -League standings:-Liguilla Pre-Libertadores:Semi-finalsFinal-Relegation:...	River Plate Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....	Primera División Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

External links

Profile at Historia de Boca