 Seoane during the 1925 Boca Juniors tour to Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth |
Piñeyro, [[پرسپولیس ]], Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 August 1975 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Quilmes, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1918–1920 | Progresista[note 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920–1921 | Independiente | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921–1923 | Independiente | (total below) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923–1925 | El Porvenir | ? | (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 | Boca Juniors | ? | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1926–1933 | Independiente | 264 | (241) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924–1929 | Argentina | 19 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934–1937 | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Manuel Seoane (19 March 1902 – 21 August 1975), nicknamed La Chancha, was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker for Independiente and Argentina national team.
Seoane is considered one of the best all-time players for Independiente[2] and one of the best of the 1920s decade.[3][4] He gained recognition from the media and fans for being a strategist and a team player, as well as highly technical with the ball. He was also an implacable striker,[5] being Independiente's 2nd all-time top scorer after Arsenio Erico and 4th. amongst all-time Primera División topscorers with 249 goals in 299 league matches.[6]
He later went on to become the manager of the Argentina national team between 1935 and 1937.[7]
- ^ Club Progresista history and data by Jorge Gallego on Fútbol Interior
- ^ Manuel Seoane, máximo goleador del amateurismo
- ^ Inolvidables: Manuel Seoane El Gráfico, 26 Nov 2019
- ^ El recuerdo de Manuel Seoane, figura y goleador de la década del veinte en el Fútbol Argentino on AFA, 18 Aug 2020
- ^ Manuel Seoane, el gran goleador del amateurismo by Alejandro Fabbri
- ^ Manuel Seoane – Goals in Argentina League
- ^ "Los 40 nombres que dirigieron la Selección Nacional" on AFA website
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