Carlos Babington

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Carlos Babington

Full name	Carlos Alberto Babington
Date of birth	September 20, 1949 (1949-09-20) (age 58)
Place of birth	Capital Federal, Argentina
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969-1974 1974-1978 1979-1982 1982	Huracán Wattenscheid Huracán Tampa Bay Rowdies	305 (126) 120(46) (see above) ?(?)
National team
	Argentina	13 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Carlos Alberto Babington "El Inglés" (The Englishman) (born September 20, 1949) is a former Argentine football striker. He represented the Argentine national team at the 1974 World Cup.

Babington, born in the Capital Federal district of Buenos Aires, started his career at Club Atlético Huracán in 1969, he was part of the team that won the Metropolitano 1973 championship.

In 1974, he was transferred to German team SG Wattenscheid 09, though he had also considered an offer from Stoke City due to his English ancestry.

Babington returned to Huracán in 1979 and played for the club until 1982, when he moved to Florida, United States to cash in at the Tampa Bay Rowdies. He retired from football later that year.

Babington scored 126 goals for Huracán in his 8 years with the club^[1], he later went on to manage the team between 1988 and 1991, and he became president of Club Atlético Huracán in 2005.

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^ Argentina Deportiva (Spanish)

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup

1 Carnevali • 2 Ayala • 3 Babington • 4 Balbuena • 5 Bargas • 6 Brindisi • 7 Carrascosa • 8 Chazarreta • 9 Glaria • 10 Heredia • 11 Houseman • 12 Fillol • 13 Kempes • 14 Perfumo • 15 Poy • 16 Sá • 17 Squeo • 18 Telch • 19 Togneri • 20 Wolff • 21 Santoro • 22 Yazalde • Coach: Cap