Carlos Alberto Raffo

Carlos Alberto Raffo
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Raffo
Date of birth April 10, 1926 (1926-04-10) (age 85)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Platense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940-1952 Platense ? (?)
1952-1954 Argentina de Quito ? (?)
1954-1963 Emelec ? (132)
1964 Everest ? (6)
1965 9 de Octubre ? (7)
National team
1959-1963 Ecuador 13 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).

Carlos Alberto Raffo (born 10 April 1926 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador.

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Club career

Raffo started his playing career with Club Atlético Platense in Argentina. In 1952 he moved to Ecuador to play for Argentina de Quito (now Deportivo Quito). In 1954 he joined Emelec where he would play many seasons, scoring 132 goals. In his later years he played for Everest and 9 de Octubre.

Raffo is considered to be one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of the Ecuadorian football, but the precise number of goals he scored will probably never be known, due to poor record keeping in the early 1950s.

International career

Raffo played international football for Ecuador between 1959 and 1963, he scored 10 goals in 13 games for his adoptive country.[1] He was the top scorer in the Copa América in 1963. He is the only Ecuador player ever to achieve this feat to date.

Honours

Season Team Title
1956 Emelec Copa Guayaquil
1957 Emelec Campeonato Ecuatoriano
1957 Emelec Copa Guayaquil
1961 Emelec Campeonato Ecuatoriano
1962 Emelec Copa Guayaquil

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