Alberto Marcovecchio
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio | ||
Date of birth | March 6, 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Date of death | February 28, 1958 | (aged 64)||
Place of death | Lanús, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | 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 Argentine football player that spent all his career at Racing Club de Avellaneda. He played as a forward.[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 the Argentine 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]
Club career
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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 the Primera 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]
International career
[edit]With the Argentina national team, Marcovecchio played 12 games, making his debut in December 1912 against Uruguay.[6] He was called up for the 1916 South American Championship and debuted against Chile, scoring two goals.[7] His international career ended in 1919,[6] when he represented Argentina in the Newton and Lipton Cups.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Racing
Source:[1]
- Primera División (8): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921
- Copa de Honor MCBA (4): 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917
- Copa Ibarguren (5): 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918
- Copa de Honor Cousenier: 1913
- Copa Aldao (2): 1917, 1918
Individual
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ídolos académicos: Alberto Marcovecchio, el de la sed goleadora". Racing Club - Sitio Oficial (in Spanish). 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ Uzquiz, Pedro (21 July 2001). "Una Academia de fútbol". Clarín. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ Ciullini, Paolo (14 October 2021). "Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio – Goals in Argentina League". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Ídolos: Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio". Racing Club - Sitio Oficial (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Castro Serna, Emmanuel (15 January 2025). "Argentina - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Alberto Marcovecchio » Internationals". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Alberto Marcovecchio » Copa América 1916 Argentina". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- Alberto Marcovecchio at WorldFootball.net
- Alberto Marcovecchio at National-Football-Teams.com