Miguel Ángel Raimondo

Miguel Ángel Raimondo

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Raimondo
Date of birth	December 12, 1943 (1943-12-12) (age 67)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Playing position	midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1965	Rosario Central	16	(0)
1966-1968	Atlanta	107	(5)
1969-1974	Independiente	219	(0)
1975	River Plate	42	(0)
1976	All Boys	30	(1)
National team
?	Argentina	?	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Miguel Ángel Raimondo (born 12 December 1943) is an Argentine football midfielder. He won ten trophies in his career, eight with Club Atlético Independiente and a further two with River Plate, he was awarded the Olimpia de Plata as the 1974 Argentine sports journalist's footballer of the year.^[1]

Raimondo played his first professional game for Rosario Central in the Primera Division Argentina in 1965. One year later he was transferred to Atlanta where he played until the end of the 1968 season.

In 1969 he joined Club Atlético Independiente, it was with Independiente that he had most of his success as a player, while he was there the club won two league championships, three (of their four in a row) Copa Libertadores titles, two Copa Interamericanas and an Intercontinental Cup.

Raimondo was selected as the Player of the Year of Argentina in 1974.

In 1975 Raimondo joined River Plate, he was only with the club for one season but in that time he helped the club to win both of the Argentine league titles that year.

In 1976 Raimondo joined All Boys, the club finished bottom of their group in both the Nacional and the Metropolitano championships, prompting Raimondo's retirement from football at the end of the season.

Season	Club	Title
Metropolitano 1970	Independiente	Primera Division Argentina
Metropolitano 1971	Independiente	Primera Division Argentina
1972	Independiente	Copa Libertadores
1973	Independiente	Intercontinental Cup
1973	Independiente	Copa Interamericana
1973	Independiente	Copa Libertadores
1974	Independiente	Copa Interamericana
1974	Independiente	Copa Libertadores
Metropolitano 1975	River Plate	Primera Division Argentina
Nacional 1975	River Plate	Primera Division Argentina

References

1. ^ rsssf: Argentine player of the year

Persondata
Name	Raimondo, Miguel Angel
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Date of birth	12 December 1943
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
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