- Carlos Peucelle
Football player infobox
playername = Carlos Peucelle
fullname = Carlos Desiderio Peucelle
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth =September 13 1908
cityofbirth =
dateofdeath = death date and age|1990|4|1|1908|9|13
countryofbirth =Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Inside right
youthyears =
youthclubs = Club Deportivo Anchorena
Boca Juniors
San Telmo
Sportivo Barracas
years = 1925-1926
1927-1930
1931-1941
clubs = San Telmo
Sportivo Buenos Aires
River Plate | caps(goals) = ? (?)
? (?)
307 (113)
nationalyears = 1928-1940
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 29 (12)
pcupdate = July 2007Carlos Desiderio Peucelle (
September 13 ,1908 –April 1 ,1990 ) was an Argentinefootball (soccer) inside right.Playing career
Peucelle played first team football for San Telmo and
Sportivo Buenos Aires before joining Argentine giants River Plate for a fee of 10,000 pesos [ [http://www.futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=0001&idjugador=326 Futbol Factory article] es icon] .Peucelle played for River from 1931 to 1941 (307 matches and scored 113 goals). During this time "Los Millonarios" were champions of Argentina on 4 occasions; 1932, 1936, 1937 and 1941.
Peucelle also played for the
Argentina national football team he was in the squad of the1930 FIFA World Cup , where he scored three goals, and played in the final match against Uruguay [ [http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1930/wc30final.html planetworldcup.com] ] , which Argentina lost 2-4.Peucelle was part of two
Copa América winning squads, in 1929 [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/29safull.html RSSSF South American Championship 1929] ] and 1937 [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/37safull.html RSSSF South American Championship 1937] ] .Peucelle played a total of 29 games for Argentina scoring 12 goals.
Club titles
International titles
Coaching career
After he retired, he was chief managers of several teams throughout Latin America. These included;
Deportivo Cali inColombia ,Deportivo Saprissa inCosta Rica ,Sporting Cristal inPeru and Olimpia inParaguay . Peucelle also managed River Plate and San Lorenzo inArgentina .Facts
*Peucelle established the first soccer school in
Colombia [ [http://www.futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=0001&idjugador=326 Futbol Factory article] es icon] .*Peucele is credited as being on of the creators of "La Máquina" (The Machine), the all conquering River Plate team of the 1940s. In fact he wrote a book entitled "Futbol Todotiempo e Historia de La Máquina" (Football the times and history of "La Máquina")
*Peucelle gained the nickname "El Primer Millonario" because of his big money transfer from Sportivo Buenos Aires [ [http://www.riverplate.com/news/carlos-peucelle.html Pagina Millonario profile] ] .
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