Atilio García
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Full name | Atilio Ceferino García | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 12 December 1973 | ||
Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Club Atlético Moreno | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1936 | Platense | 23 | (12) |
1937 | Boca Juniors | 7 | (6) |
1938-1951 | Nacional | 210 | (208) |
1952 | Racing Club de Montevideo | ? | (?) |
1953 | Miramar Misiones | ? | (?) |
International career | |||
1945-1947 | Uruguay | 6 [1] | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Atilio Ceferino García (26 August 1914 – 12 December 1973) was an Argentine-Uruguayan football striker who is the second highest goalscorer in the history of Uruguayan football. He played for Club Nacional de Football between 1938 and 1951.
Playing career
García had short spells with Club Atlético Moreno, Club Atlético Platense and Boca Juniors in Argentina before joining Nacional.
With Nacional he set a number of national records, including; Most topscorer awards, most consecutive top scorer awards, most goals against C.A. Peñarol and the most goals against Peñarol in a single game. During his time at Nacional the club won 25 titles, including eight championships. García was the top scorer in the league on eight occasions.
After leaving Nacional he had single seasons with Racing Club de Montevideo and Miramar Misiones.
García continued to live in Uruguay after his retirement in 1953. He died in Montevideo in 1973.
Honours
- Primera División (8): 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950
- Torneo de Honor (8): 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948
- Campeonato Nocturno Rioplatense (1): 1938
- C. C. Grandes del Río de la Plata (1): 1938
- Copa Aldao (3): 1940, 1942, 1946
- Torneo Competencia (3): 1942, 1945, 1948
- Copa del Atlántico (1): 1947
Top scorer
Season | Club | Goals |
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1938 | ![]() |
20 |
1939 | ![]() |
22 |
1940 | ![]() |
18 |
1941 | ![]() |
23 |
1942 | ![]() |
19 |
1943 | ![]() |
18 |
1944 | ![]() |
21 |
1946 | ![]() |
21 |
Facts
- Atilio Ceferino García has a stand in the Estadio Gran Parque Central named in his honour.
- On 8 December 1940 García scored a record 4 goals in a 5-1 victory over Peñarol.
- García scored a total of 35 goals against Peñarol, a record that may never be surpassed.
- García was topscorer in Uruguay in seven consecutive seasons between 1938 and 1944.
- Fernando Morena is the only player to have scored more goals than García in the Uruguayan league, with 230.
- García is the top scorer in the history of Club Nacional de Football, with 464 goals in 435 games in all competitions.
References
External links
- (Spanish) Biography on the Nacional website
- (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox football biography with unknown parameters
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- 1914 births
- 1973 deaths
- People from Junín, Buenos Aires
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province
- Argentine emigrants to Uruguay
- Argentine footballers
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Club Atlético Platense footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Racing Club de Montevideo players
- Miramar Misiones players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
- Naturalized citizens of Uruguay