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 Alberto Spencer photographed for El Gráfico | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Ancón, Santa Elena, Ecuador | ||
| Date of death | 3 November 2006 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Los Andes | |||
| 1953–1955 | Everest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1959 | Everest | 90 | (101) |
| 1959–1970 | Peñarol | 519 | (326) |
| 1971–1972 | Barcelona SC | 37 | (19) |
| Total | 662 | (446) | |
| International career | |||
| 1959–1972 | Ecuador | 11 | (4) |
| 1964–1967 | Uruguay | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera (6 December 1937 – 3 November 2006) was an Ecuadorian footballer who played as a forward, and is widely regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian men's footballers of all time.[1] He is probably best known for his still-standing record for scoring the most goals in the Copa Libertadores, the premier club tournament in South America. He was elected the 20th best South American footballer of the 20th century in a poll by the IFFHS in 2004.[2] He was known as "Cabeza Mágica" (Spanish for magic head).
- ^ "FIFA World Cup countdown: Top 10 Ecuadorian men's footballers of all time - Sports Mole". amp.sportsmole.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ IFFHS' Century Elections Archived March 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine - rsssf.com - by Karel Stokkermans, RSSSF, 2000.