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Manuel Ferreira (footballer)

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Manuel Ferreira
Ferreira c. 1931
Personal information
Full name Manuel Ferreira
Date of birth (1905-10-22)22 October 1905
Place of birth Trenque Lauquen, Argentina
Date of death 29 July 1983(1983-07-29) (aged 77)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Argentino (Trenque Lauquen)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1924–1933 Estudiantes (LP)
1933–1935 River Plate 35 (15)
1935–1936 Estudiantes (LP)
International career
1927–1930 Argentina 21 (11)
Managerial career
1931 Estudiantes (LP) (co-manager)
1955 Estudiantes (LP)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América
Winner 1927 Peru Team
Winner 1929 Argentina Team
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1930 Uruguay Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Ferreira (22 October 1905 – 29 July 1983) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward.

Throughout his career, Ferreira was a member of the Argentina national team, and was part of the Argentine squad that won the football silver medal at the 1928 Olympic tournament.[1] He also captained the Argentine team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup finals, in which Argentina finished as runner-up.

Ferreira won the Copa América championship with Argentina in 1929[2] and also won the Copa Newton in 1927 and 1928.

Career

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Nicknamed Nolo or Piloto Olímpico, Ferreira started his career at Club Argentino of Trenque Lauquen, then moving to Estudiantes de La Plata where he was part of the attacking formation known as Los Profesores ("the professors") along with Alejandro Scopelli, Alberto Zozaya, Miguel Ángel Lauri, and Enrique Guaita.[3][4] That team lasted from 1928 to 1933, and was widely recognised due to their skills with the ball and the accuracy of their passes. They scored 103 goals in 1931 for a total of 216 within two seasons. Also in 1933, Zozaya (33) and Scopelli (31) were the top scorers of the tournament, setting a record of two players of the same team being top scorers. The nickname professors was not only due to their knowledge of the game but for the fact that the players used to enter the pitch wearing blue blazers. Apart from that, all of them were cultured people (Ferreira, p.e., was a scrivener).[5]

Ferreira played in Estudiantes from 1924 to 1933. He was then transferred to River Plate where he had a short tenure, returning to Estudiantes until 1936 when he retired from professional football.[6] Ferreira scored 100 goals for Estudiantes, ranking among its 10 historical top scorers.[7]

After his retirement, Ferreira resumed his career as scrivener, also working as sports commentator in several media including radio broadcasting and newspapers Clarín and La Plata's El Día. He was correspondent covering the FIFA World Cup, working with notable announcer Joaquín Carballo Serantes (mostly known as "Fioravanti") and former footballer Roberto Cherro.[6] In 1955, he was coach of Estudiantes.

Ferreira died of cancer at 77 years old in a hospital in Barcelona. In 1991, a street in his hometown was named after him.

Honours

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Argentina

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Manuel Ferreira". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ Argentina Copa America squads at rsssf
  3. ^ "Las luces del siglo", La Nación 5 Sep 2009
  4. ^ Historia del fútbol, Volumen 1 by Juan A. Bueno, EDAF publisher – ISBN 8441431310
  5. ^ "Estudiantes de La Plata (1928-1933): Los Profesores" by Martín Estévez on Derrota Digna blogsite, 10 Jan 2008
  6. ^ a b Nolo: el fútbol, de la cabeza a los pies by Enrique Escandez, 1992
  7. ^ La cátedra del fútbol by Oscar Barnade and Pedro Uzquiza, Clarín, 2002
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