Carlos Alberto Raffo

Football player infobox
playername = Carlos Alberto Raffo


fullname = Carlos Alberto Raffo
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1926|4|10
cityofbirth = Buenos Aires
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Platense
years = 1940-1952
1952-1954
1954-1963
1964
1965
clubs = Platense
Argentina de Quito
Emelec
Everest
9 de Octubre
caps(goals) = ? (?)
? (?)
? (132)
? (6)
? (7)
nationalyears = 1959-1963
nationalteam = Ecuador
nationalcaps(goals) = 13 (10)
pcupdate = March 2008

Carlos Alberto Raffo (born April 10 1926 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador.

Club career

Raffo started his playing career with Club Atlético Platense in Argentina. In 1952 he moved to Ecuador to play for Argentina de Quito (now Deportivo Quito). In 1954 he joined Emelec where he would play many seasons, scoring 132 goals. In his later years he played for Everest and 9 de Octubre.

Raffo is considered to be one of the gratest goalscorers in the history of the Ecuadorian football, but the precise number of goals he scored will probably never be known, due to poor record keeping in the early 1950s.

International career

Raffo played international football for Ecuador between 1959 and 1963, he scored 10 goals in 13 games for his adoptive country [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ecua-recintlp.html rsssf: Ecuador record international players] ] . He was the top scorer in the Copa América in 1963. He is the only Ecuador player ever to achieve this feat to date.

Honours

*Topscorer in Copa América in 1963: 6 goals
*Topscorer in Campeonato Ecuatoriano 1963

References