Miguel Ángel Raimondo

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Miguel Ángel Raimondo
Raimondo at Independiente in 1970
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Raimondo
Date of birth December 12, 1943 (1943-12-12) (age 64)
Place of birth    ?, Argentina
Playing position midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1965
1966-1968
1969-1974
1975
1976
1965-1976
Rosario Central
Atlanta
Independiente
River Plate
All Boys
Total
 ?(?)
 ?(?)
 ?(?)
 ?(?)
 ?(?)
426(16)    
National team
 ? Argentina  ? (?)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of January 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Miguel Ángel Raimondo (born December 12, 1943) is an Argentine football midfielder. He won ten trophies in his career, eight with Club Atlético Independiente and a further two with River Plate, he was awarded the Olimpia de Plata as the 1974 Argentine sports journalist's footballer of the year.[1]

Raimondo played his first professional game for Rosario Central in the Primera Division Argentina in 1965. One year later he was transferred to Atlanta where he played until the end of the 1968 season.

In 1969 he joined Club Atlético Independiente, it was with Independiente that he had most of his success as a player, while he was there the club won two league championships, three (of their four in a row) Copa Libertadores titles, two Copa Interamericanas and an Intercontinental Cup.

Raimondo was selected as the Player of the Year of Argentina in 1974.

In 1975 Raimondo joined River Plate, he was only with the club for one season but in that time he helped the club to win both of the Argentine league titles that year.

In 1976 Raimondo joined All Boys, the club finished bottom of their group in both the Nacional and the Metropolitano championships, prompting Raimondo's retirement from football at the end of the season.


Season Club Title
Metropolitano 1970 Flag of Argentina Independiente Primera Division Argentina
Metropolitano 1971 Flag of Argentina Independiente Primera Division Argentina
1972 Flag of Argentina Independiente Copa Libertadores
1973 Flag of Argentina Independiente Copa Intercontinental
1973 Flag of Argentina Independiente Copa Interamericana
1973 Flag of Argentina Independiente Copa Libertadores
1974 Flag of Argentina Independiente Copa Interamericana
1974 Flag of Argentina Independiente Copa Libertadores
Metropolitano 1975 Flag of Argentina River Plate Primera Division Argentina
Nacional 1975 Flag of Argentina River Plate Primera Division Argentina

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