Ángel Antonio Berni Gómez (9 January 1931 – 24 November 2017) was a Paraguayan football striker. He was part of Paraguay’s squads for the 1950 FIFA World Cup[2] and the 1953 South American Championship,[3] the latter of which being won by Paraguay.
 Berni playing for San Lorenzo in 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ángel Antonio Berni Gómez | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1931 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 November 2017 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Asunción, Paraguay | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1945–1949 | Olimpia Asunción | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1949–1951 | Olimpia Asunción | ? | (?) | |||||||||||
| 1951–1952 | Boca de Cali[1] | 42 | (26) | |||||||||||
| 1953–1957 | San Lorenzo | 71 | (29) | |||||||||||
| 1958 | Gimnasia LP | 14 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1960–1964 | Real Betis | ? | (?) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1953 | Paraguay | 7 | (4) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Club career
editBerni started his career at the youth divisions of Olimpia Asunción in 1945, and in 1949 he made the debut for Olimpia's first team. In 1951 he was transferred to Boca Juniors de Cali and later on played for Argentine clubs San Lorenzo de Almagro (where he became the top scorer for the 1954 season with 29 goals) and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. His last club was Real Betis of Spain.
International career
editBerni was part of the Paraguay squad at the 1950 World Cup[4] but was an unused substitute and played neither of Paraguay’s 2 games against Sweden[5] and Italy.[6]
He also competed in the 1953 Copa América tournament which was won by Paraguay, playing the whole 7 games and scoring 4 goals.[7] Those were his only caps and goals with Paraguay.[8]
References
edit- ^ Boca Juniors de Cali statistics @ Golgolgol.net
- ^ "1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil : Paraguay". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "South American Championship 1953". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil : Paraguay". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil : Sweden Paraguay". FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil : Italy Paraguay". FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "South American Championship 1953". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Angel Berni Football Player". 11v11. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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