Carlos Babington

Football player infobox
playername = Carlos Babington


fullname = Carlos Alberto Babington
height =
nickname = "Inglés"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1949|9|20
cityofbirth = Capital Federal
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1969-1974
1974-1978
1979-1982
1982
clubs = Huracán
Wattenscheid
Huracán
Tampa Bay Rowdies
caps(goals) = 305 (126)
120(46)
"(see above)"
?(?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 13 (2)
pcupdate = 1 January 2007

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 [ [http://argentinadeportiva.blogspot.com/2007/09/carlos-babington.html Argentina Deportiva] es icon] , 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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