Argentine footballers who left the country after the strike of 1948

 

Argentine Players who played in El Dorado/left the country 1948-1951

Name

Argentine Club

Wage (pesos/month)

Foreign Club

Year of arrival

Year of departure

Next destination

Colombia

Deportivo Cali

José Eduardo Castro

Independiente

1400

Deportivo Cali

1950

1953

Retired

Camilo Cerviño

Independiente

1500

Deportivo Cali

1950

1954

Independiente

Oscar Charini

Gimnasia y Esgrima

1500

Deportivo Cali

1951

1952

Retired

Roberto Coll

River Plate

1200

Deportivo Cali

1950

1952

Palestino (Chile) until 1968

Luis Antonio Ferreyra

River Plate

1500

Deportivo Cali

1949

1951

Retired

Manuel Giudice

Platense

1300

Deportivo Cali

1949

1951

Retired

Alejandro Mur

Rosario Central

900

Deportivo Cali

1951

1953

1954-1955 Unión Española (Chile), 1956 Barcelona

Emilio Reubens

?

?

Deportivo Cali

Pre-1948

1949

Club America (Colombia)

Eduardo ‘Zurdo’ Rodriguez

River Plate

1500

Deportivo Cali

1950

1951

1952-1954 in Peru with Universitario and Ciclista Lima, then retires

Ricardo Ruiz

?

?

Deportivo Cali

Pre-1948

?

?

Oscar Sastre

Independiente

1500

Deportivo Cali

1950

1952

Retired

Manuel Spagnolo

?

?

Deportivo Cali

Pre-1948

1949

Club America (Colombia)

Julio Tocker

?

?

Deportivo Cali

Pre-1948

1949

Club America (Colombia)

Antonio Vilariño

Rosario Central

1200

Deportivo Cali

1950

1954

Rosario Central

Fernando Walter

Gimnasia y Esgrima

1500

Deportivo Cali

1950

1954

Gimnasia y Esgrima

Deportes Caldas

Miguel Armendolaris

?

?

Deportes Caldas

?

?

?

Evar Martin Cativiela

?

?

Deportes Caldas

1950

?

Still in Colombia

Ono Jose Imo Cativiela

?

?

Deportes Caldas

?

?

?

Severiano Fernandez

?

?

Deportes Caldas

?

?

?

Alberto Kersul

?

?

Deportes Caldas

Pre-1948

?

?

Roberto Martino

?

?

Deportes Caldas

?

?

?

Ruben Padin

Atlanta

?

Deportes Caldas

1949

?

Still in Colombia

Millonarios

Carlos Aldabe

Quilmes (left 1947 for Ciclista Lima, Peru)

?

Millonarios

1949

1949

Ciclista Lima (Peru)

Tomás Aves

?

?

Millonarios

1948

1955

?

Antonio Baez

Platense

1300

Millonarios

1951

1953

Platense (couldn’t play until 1954 due to AFA suspension)

Pedro Cabillón

Argentino

?

Millonarios

1945

1950

?

Alfredo Castillo

Argentino

?

Millonarios

1946

1957

?

Oscar Corzo

Huracán

1000

Millonarios

1949

1951

Retired

Julio Cozzi

Platense

1400

Millonarios

1950

1954

Platense

Adolfo Cusmai

?

?

Millonarios

1948

?

?

Alfredo Di Stéfano

River Plate

1500

Millonarios

1949

1953

Real Madrid

Reinaldo Mourin

Gimnasia y Esgrima

1300

Millonarios

1951

1953

Gimnasia

Adolfo Pedernera

Huracán

1500

Millonarios

1949

1954

Huracán (briefly)

Hugo Reyes

Huracán

?

Millonarios

1950

1951

Retired

Nestor Rossi

River Plate

1500

Millonarios

1949

1954

River Plate

Independiente Santa Fe

Oscar Bernau

?

?

Independiente Santa Fe

1948

?

?

Eusebio Chamorro

Boca Juniors

1100

Independiente Santa Fe

1951

1952

1953-1956 Flamengo (Brazil)

Lorenzo Delli

?

?

Independiente Santa Fe

1948

?

?

Mario Fernández

Independiente

1500

Independiente Santa Fe

1950

1951

Millonarios 1952-1953, retired

Heraldo Ferreyro

Huracán

750

Independiente Santa Fe

1949

1952

Junior (Colombia)

Hermenegildo Germán Anton

Unión de Santa Fe (Argentina)

?

Independiente Santa Fe

1948

1952

Retired

Adolfo Jorge Benegas

San Lorenzo

1500

Independiente Santa Fe

1950

1950

1951-1954 Millonarios, 1954-1957 San Lorenzo

Jesus Lires Lopez

Defensores

?

Independiente Santa Fe

1947

1949

?

Luis Angel Lopez

Lanús

?

Independiente Santa Fe

1949

1951

Mariscal Sucre (Peru)

Roberto ‘Tachero’ Martinez

Newell’s Old Boys

650

Independiente Santa Fe

1951

1951

Stays in Colombia until 1955

Luis Orlando

?

?

Independiente Santa Fe

?

?

?

Ángel Perucca

San Lorenzo

1500

Independiente Santa Fe

1949

1951

Retired

Rene Pontoni

San Lorenzo

1500

Independiente Santa Fe

1949

1952

1953 Portuguesa (Brazil) 1954 San Lorenzo

Hector Rial

San Lorenzo

1300

Independiente Santa Fe

1949

1951

1952-1954 Nacional (Uruguay), then Real Madrid

Oscar Sabranzki

?

?

Independiente Santa Fe

?

?

?

Universidad Nacional

Juan Barbieri

?

?

Universidad Nacional

1949

?

Stays in Colombia and Brazil

Enrique Boero

Argentinos Juniors

?

Universidad Nacional

1949

1954

Excursionistas (Argentina)

Gaspar Cipoletti

?

?

Universidad Nacional

?

?

?

Pedro Gamaldi

?

?

Universidad Nacional

1949

?

?

Gregorio Gomez

Deportivo Kimberly

?

Universidad Nacional

1949

1950

Deportivo Pereira (Colombia), 1952-1956 La Salle (Venezuela)

Mariano Larraz

Sportivo Dock Sud

100

Universidad Nacional

1950

1951

Emelec, stays in Ecuador until 1958

Luis Massarotto

?

?

Universidad Nacional

?

1951

Emelec (Ecuador)

Osvaldo Rodolfo Perez

Rosario Central

1200

Universidad Nacional

1949

1950

Boca Juniors de Cali (Colombia), 1951 Deportivo Cali, 1953 Palestino (Chile)

Club Atlético Medellín

Jose Covasco

?

?

Club Atlético Medellín

?

?

?

Atlético Bucaramanga

Aristóbulo Deambrosi

Sarmiento

?

Atlético Bucaramanga

1950

1951

Retired

Deportes Quindío

Elger Alarcón

Rosario Wanders (Newell’s Old Boys)

?

Deportes Quindío

1951

1954

Ferro Carril Oeste (Argentina)

Alberto Belen

Rosario Wanders (Central Córdoba)

250 (for Colón in 1949)

Deportes Quindío

1951

1952

Rosario, unclear if he’s still a footballer

Luis Angel Bianchi

Rosario Wanders (Argentino)

100

Deportes Quindío

1951

1954

Retired

Nicolas Angel Carugno

Rosario Wanders (Tiro Federal)

100

Deportes Quindío

1951

1954

Atlético Manizales (Colombia)

Adolfo Rodolfo Cazaubon

Rosario Wanders (Rosario Central)

?

Deportes Quindío

1951

1955

Rosario Central

Orlando Cuello

Rosario Wanders (Rosario Central)

?

Deportes Quindío

1951

1954

Rosario Central

José Fabrini (seems to be manager rather than player)

Rosario Wanders (Newell’s Old Boys)

?

Deportes Quindío

1951

1954

Newell’s Old Boys

Mario Juan Garelli

Rosario Wanders (Argentino)

100

Deportes Quindío

1951

1954

Santiago Morning (Chile)

Enrique Gonzalez

Rosario Wanders (Tiro Federal)

100

Deportes Quindío

1951

1953

Boca Juniors de Cali (Colombia), 1954 retired

Eduardo Alfredo La Spina

Rosario Wanders (Central Córdoba)

?

Deportes Quindío

1951

1953

Atlético Bucaramanga

Jose Francisco Lombardo

Rosario Wanders (Argentino)

100

Deportes Quindío

1951

1954

Retired, becomes Deportes Quindío manager in 1956

Enrique Carlos Maffei

Rosario Wanders (Tiro Federal)

250

Deportes Quindío

1951

1952

Rosario, unclear if he’s still a footballer

Manuel ‘Gallego’ Sanchez

Rosario Wanders (Tiro Federal)

?

Deportes Quindío

1951

1954

Santiago Morning (Chile)

Américo Tissera

Rosario Wanders (Rosario Central)

350

Deportes Quindío

1951

1954

Rosario Central

Roberto Segundo Urruti

Rosario Wanders (Tiro Federal)

100

Deportes Quindío

1951

1963

Retired

América de Cali

Efraín Sánchez

San Lorenzo

1500

América de Cali

1949

1950

Deportivo Cali – he was Colombian: born there, played for national team, only in Argentina 1947-49

Chile

Jose Manuel Moreno

River Plate

1500

Universidad Católica

1949

1949

1950 Boca Juniors, 1951 Universidad Católica, 1952 Defensor (Uruguay)

Uruguay

Juan Hohberg

Rosario Central

1000

Peñarol

1949

1959

Racing Montevideo (Uruguay)

Eduardo Ricagni

Chacarita Juniors

1500

Montevideo Wanderers

1951

1952

Huracán

Alberto Muro

Almagro

?

Nacional

1950

1951

Sochaux, stayed in France until 1966

Paraguay

Martín Alarcón

Sportivo Patria

?

Libertad

1949

1950

1951 River Plate

Italy

Roberto Aballay

San Lorenzo

1500

Genoa

1949

1949

Nancy (France), stays in France until 1955. Had previously played in breakaway Mexican league 1944-1945

Roberto Alarcón

Gimnasia y Esgrima

1500

Genoa

1949

1950

Olympique Marseille (France)

Oscar Basso

San Lorenzo

1500

Inter Milan

1949

1950

San Lorenzo

Mario Boyé

Boca Juniors

1500

Genoa

1949

1949

1950 Millonarios, 1950-1953 Racing Club

Jose Osvaldo Curti

River Plate

800

Sampdoria

1948

1949

Padova (Italy)

Enrique Martegani

All Boys

400

Padova

1950

1952

Palermo

Rinaldo Martino

San Lorenzo

1500

Juventus

1949

1950

Nacional (Uruguay), 1951 Boca Juniors, 1951-1953 Nacional

Benjamín Santos

Rosario Central

1500

Torino

1949

1951

Pro Patria (Italy)

Spain

Julio Corcuera

Argentino

100

Deportivo La Coruña

1950

1955

Xerez (Spain)

Oswaldo García Nardi

Tiro Federal

200

Deportivo La Coruña

1950

1954

Espanyol (Spain)

Roque Olsen

Racing Club

1000

Real Madrid

1950

1957

Córdoba (Spain)

Pedro Pablo Sara

San Lorenzo

800

Real Oviedo

1949

1956

Real Murcia (Spain)

 

 

14 players on 1500/month go to Colombia

Another 11 on at least 1000/month

Another 8 on 1500/month go to other destinations (6 to Italy)

 

47 players – where they came from in Argentina, where they went afterwards

Retired (before/1954): 13 (11/2)

Go back to Argentine club (before/1954): 13 (2/11)                                      Includes 2 who went to another country then went back to San Lorenzo 1954

Go to different Argentine club (before/1954) : 2 (0/2)

Go to different Colombian club (before/1954): 7 (6/1)

Stay put: 2

Go to another country (before/1954): 10 (8/2)

Peru: 2

Chile: 4

Spain: 1

Brazil: 1

Uruguay: 1

Ecuador: 1

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