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Uruguay · 1911–1930Ángel Romano
Rating
89
Caps
69
Goals
28
Life
1894–1972
Clubs
Club Nacional de Football, Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club
#16
Editorial rank of 33 for Uruguay
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
In 1913 he crossed the Río de la Plata to Boca Juniors, the first big international transfer South American football had seen, then returned to Nacional and stayed until 1930, finishing with 164 goals in 388 games. Uruguay's shirt brought him Olympic gold in Paris in 1924, where he scored three times, and six South American Championship titles between 1916 and 1926, a record no one has equalled, across 70 caps and sixteen years. Career record: 69 caps and 28 goals for Uruguay; club career at Club Nacional de Football, Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club.
Career record
| 1910–1930 | Club Nacional de Football |
| 1913–1914 | Boca Juniors |
| — | Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club |
| Uruguay | 69 caps, 28 goals |
Shared the era
Uruguay legends whose careers overlapped Romano's