Roberto Eugenio Cerro, named "Cherro" (23 February 1907 – 11 October 1965) was an Argentine football striker. He was born in Barracas in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He played the majority of his career with Boca Juniors, he scored 221 goals in 305 games for the club (in all official competitions), making him Boca Juniors' highest scoring player until his record was surpassed by Martín Palermo in 2010.[1] He also ranks 5th. among the all-time Primera División top scorers, with 236 goals in 345 league matches.[2]
 Cherro in 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Roberto Eugenio Cerro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1907 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barracas, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 October 1965 (aged 58) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Quilmes, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sportivo Barracas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 | Sportivo Barracas | 21 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 26 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1926–1938 | Boca Juniors | 305 | (221) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1926–1937 | Argentina | 16 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cherro won five league titles with Boca Juniors, being also the club's top scorer on five occasions (1926, 1928, and 1930 with 20, 32 and 37 goals respectively). He was also part of the Argentina national team that won the silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[3] Later, he was a radio sports commentator, together with the renowned Fioravanti, in the 60s.
International career
editCherro won the Copa América in 1929 with the Argentina national football team.
On 5 February 1933, Cherro famously scored all four goals in a 4–1 win over arch enemies Uruguay.
Titles
edit- Boca Juniors
- Argentine Primera División: (5) 1926, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935
- Copa Estímulo (1): 1926
- Argentina
- Copa América: 1929, 1937
- Summer Olympics Silver Medal: 1928
- FIFA World Cup: Runner-up 1930
References
edit- ^ Historia de Boca Profile (in Spanish)
- ^ Argentina - All-Time Topscorers in League by Pablo Ciullini and Tomás Rodríguez Couto on the RSSSF
- ^ "Roberto Cherro". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
External links
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- Boca Juniors profile (in Spanish)
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
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