Hugo Curioni
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hugo Alberto Curioni | ||
Date of birth | October 11, 1946 | ||
Place of birth | General Cabrera, Córdoba, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969 | Instituto | 10 | (0) |
1970–1973 | Boca Juniors | 135 | (69) |
1974–1975 | Nantes | 38 | (24) |
1975–1977 | FC Metz | 109 | (59) |
1978 | Troyes | 5 | (1) |
1978–1980 | Montpellier | 48 | (21) |
1980 | Toluca | ||
1980 | Gimnasia La Plata | 26 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hugo Alberto Curioni (born 11 October 1946) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a centre forward. He played professional football in Argentina, France and Mexico.
Argentina
[edit]Curioni started his professional career with Instituto de Córdoba in 1969, he was soon spotted by Boca Juniors and signed for them in 1970. In his first season with the club he was part of the championship winning team. He was also equal topscorer in Metropolitano 1973 with Oscar Más and Ignacio Peña.
Curioni is fondly remembered by Boca fans for his goalscoring feats in the Superclásico derby against fierce rivals River Plate. He shares a record of scoring in six consecutive Superclásicos with Paulo Valentim and scored 7 in 11 games overall.
France
[edit]Curioni was signed by Nantes and was the third highest scorer in the French league in 1974–1975.
In 1975 Curioni moved to FC Metz where he was third top scorer in 1975–1976 and 4th top scorer in 1976–1977. He then had spells with Montpellier and Troyes.
Later career
[edit]Curioni had a spell in Mexico with Toluca and returned to Argentina in March 1980 to finish his career with Gimnasia de La Plata.[1]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Curioni H.A." (in Spanish). GELP.org. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Hugo Curioni at Wikimedia Commons
- Boca Juniors profile (in Spanish)
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina
- Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine Primera División players
- Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- FC Nantes players
- FC Metz players
- Montpellier HSC players
- ES Troyes AC players
- Liga MX players
- Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen