Personal information | |||
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Full name | Segundo Nepomuceno Gómez | ||
Date of birth | 20 April 1902 | ||
Place of birth | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?–1928 | Mitre | ||
1929–1930 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
1931 | Rosario Central | ||
International career | |||
1927–1928 | Argentina | 7 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Medal record | ||
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Men's football | ||
Representing Argentina | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1928 Amsterdam | Team competition |
Segundo Luna (born 20 April 1902) was an Argentine footballer, born in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. He was the first Santiagueño (person who was born in Santiago del Estero) to play in Argentina's national football team as well as the first to play in an international tournament. Luna's team finished second in the Athletic Club Students Cultural Football League. He then joined the international football team in 1927, the year before the Olympics in Amsterdam. His first tournament was the 1927 South American Championship, in Lima, Peru, where Argentina qualified for the 1928 Olympics.[1] The name 'Segundo Luna' means 'Second Moon' in Spanish.