Francisco Varallo

Francisco Varallo
Varallo in 1935
Personal information
Full name Francisco Antonio Varallo
Date of birth (1910-02-05)5 February 1910
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Date of death 30 August 2010(2010-08-30) (aged 100)
Place of death La Plata, Argentina
Position(s) Inside-right
Youth career
12 de Octubre
Estudiantes LP
Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1930 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP ? (36)
1930–1931Vélez Sársfield (loan)[note 1] ? (16)
1931–1939 Boca Juniors 222 (194)
International career
1930–1937 Argentina 16 (7)
Managerial career
1957-1959 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América
Winner 1937 Argentina Team
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1930 Uruguay Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Antonio "Pancho" Varallo (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko anˈtonjo ˈpantʃo βaˈɾaʝo]; 5 February 191030 August 2010) was an Argentine football forward. He played for the Argentina national team from 1930 to 1937, also representing the country at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930.

During his career, Varallo won four Primera División titles (one with Gimnasia y Esgrima LP and three with Boca Juniors) and with 194 goals in 222 official matches, is Boca Juniors' 3rd. highest all-time leading goalscorer.[2][3][4] Besides, Varallo is placed 11th. among the all-time Argentine Primera División top scorers with 216 goals.[5]

Varallo died in his home-town of La Plata on 30 August 2010, aged 100. He was the last surviving player from the 1930 World Cup.[6]

  1. ^ American Trip of Vélez Sarsfield 1930/31 by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
  2. ^ "Football glory Francisco Varallo dies at age 100". Buenos Aires Herald. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference loscinco was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Francisco Varallo biography on Historia de Boca
  5. ^ Francisco Antonio Varallo – Goals in Argentina League
  6. ^ "El gol está de luto". Olé (in Spanish). 30 August 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2010.


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