Mario Boyé

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Mario Boyé
Personal information
Full nameMario Emilio Heriberto Boyé Auterio
Date of birth(1922-07-30)July 30, 1922
Place of birthBuenos Aires, Argentina
Date of deathJuly 21, 1992(1992-07-21) (aged 69)
Playing positionWinger/Striker
Youth career
1936-1941Boca Juniors
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1941-1949Boca Juniors190(108)
1949Genoa18(12)
1950Millonarios
1950-1953Racing Club84(33)
1954Huracán20(7)
1955Boca Juniors18(5)
National team
1945-1951Argentina17(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mario Emilio Heriberto Boyé Auterio (30 July 1922 – 21 July 1992) was an Argentine footballer. A powerful winger or striker, he played for Boca Juniors, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán in Argentina, Genoa in Italy and Millonarios in Colombia.

Nicknamed El Atómico (The Atomic), he started playing in the youth division of Boca Juniors to debut in first division on June 8 of 1941 in the victory against Independiente, and scoring his first goal a week later against Huracán. With Boca he won the 1943 and 1944 Argentine leagues, and was the league's top-scorer in 1946 with 24 goals. He moved to Italy where he became "Il Matadore" (The Killer), but returned to Argentina four seasons later. After winning the 1951 league with Racing and playing one season for Huracán, he returned to Boca to retire a year later. He played 228 matches for Boca in all competitions, scoring 124 goals.[1]

National team

Boyé played for the Argentina national team between 1945 and 1951, he won Copa América three times with Argentina in 1945,[2] 1946[3] and 1947.[4]

After retirement

Boyé had a brief spell in charge of Boca Juniors in 1961.

References

  1. ↑ "Mario Boyè". EnciclopediaDelCalcio.com. Retrieved November 2007. 
  2. ↑ Copa América 1945 at rsssf
  3. ↑ Copa América 1946 at rsssf
  4. ↑ Copa América 1947 at rsssf

External links

Primera División top scorers
Argentina
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