Claudio Vacca

Claudio Vacca

Personal information
Full name	Claudio Vacca
Date of birth	October 24, 1915(1915-10-24)
Date of death	January 28, 1985(1985-01-28) (aged 69)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	Huracán		(0)
–	Boca Juniors		(0)
–	Defensor Sporting		(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Claudio Vacca (October 24, 1915 - January 28, 1985) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played most of his career at Boca Juniors.

Career

Having started his career in Huracán, Vacca went to Boca Juniors after the departure of Juan Yustrich who had been sold to Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata due to a legal conflict with the club managers. Vacca was acquired by Boca Juniors along with other goalkeeper, Juan Estrada, who was chosen by the coach for the starting the line-up leaving Vacca as the sustitute goalkeeper.

In 1943, after a failed performance of Estrada during a match, Vacca had the oportunity to play in the starting line-up, which him would never leave until he finished his tenure in Boca Juniors.^[1]

Achievements

Vacca won 6 titles (1943 and 1944 Primera División championships; Copa Carlos Ibarguren 1940 and 1944; Copa Competencia Británica and Copa Confraternidad 1946). He also played for the Argentina national football team 7 times, receiving 12 goals. His debut with the national team was on December 16, 1945 facing Brazil, a match that Argentina won 4-3.^[2]

Vacca later continued his career in the Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting where became manager in 1954 and later in 1959 was named coach of the team.^[2]

References

1. ^ Biography in "Informe Xeneize"
2. ^ ^{a b} Biography in "Historia de Boca Juniors"

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Name	Vacca, Claudio
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Date of birth	October 24, 1915
Place of birth
Date of death	January 28, 1985
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