Alfredo Carricaberry (8 October 1900 – 23 September 1942), nicknamed ''Vasco'', was an Argentine

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player. Having spent most of his career at

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine foot ...

, where he won two titles in

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and

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. Caricaberry also played for the Argentina national team, winning the silver medal at the 1928 Olympic Games and one

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in 1927.

Biography

Playing in the

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position, Caricaberry started his career at the youth divisions of Club Floresta of

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, then moving to

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of Ramos Mejía where he played at intermediate division. In 1919 he joined San Lorenzo de Almagro, where he spent most of his career playing until 1930 with a total of 297 games and 104 goles. Caricaberry remains nowadays as the 5th. player with more games played ever and the 8th. historic topscorer for the club. He debuted in Primera División in 1920 against Racing Club, scoring a goal although San Lorenzo lost by 2–1. The first league title with the club came in 1923, being also team's topscorer. The following year San Lorenzo won its second consecutive championship. Carricaberry debuted in the Argentina national team in November 1922 versus

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. Argentina lost by 2–1 with Carricaberry scoring the only goal for the Argentine side. In 1927 Argentina played two friendly matches against

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in Buenos Aires. In the second game (won by Argentina 3–2) Carricaberry scored two goals. San Lorenzo won another league title in

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, with Caricaberry as team's topscorer again. He remained in the club until 1932 when is transferred to San Lorenzo's arch-rival,

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. He played one season there, scoring only one goal.Alfredo Carricaberry
on Globopedia Caricaberry's last club was

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, where he retired from football in 1937. Carricaberry's main achievements with the national team were the 1927 South American championship hosted in Peru, with Argentina being champion and he as topscorer. The next year, Argentina won the silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Argentina played 5 matches, losing the final to Uruguay. Carricaberry was the left winger of the team." Amsterdam 1928 part 5 (sailing, football, fieldhockey)"
, ''Amsterdam 1928, Olympic results'', Wyniki igrzyzk olimpijskich.
, ''La Selección'', Informe Argentina. Caricaberry died on 23 September 1942, while descending from a Línea 100

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after suffering a heart attack. He was only 41 years old. It was diagnosed that the cause of death was his addiction to

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Honours

Club

San Lorenzo * Primera División (3):

National team

Argentina *

(1):

* 1928 Olympic Silver Medal

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carricaberry, Alfredo 1900 births 1942 deaths Footballers from Entre Ríos Province Men's association football wingers Argentine men's footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Argentine Primera División players Argentine people of Basque descent Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Argentina Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Argentina men's international footballers Olympic medalists in football Copa América–winning players Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Argentine sportsmen