Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine

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striker who played international football for

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. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in

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, Ecuador, aged 87.

Club career

Born in

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, Raffo started his playing career with

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in Argentina. In 1952 he moved to

to play for Argentina de Quito (now Deportivo Quito). In 1954 he joined Emelec where he would play many seasons, scoring 132 goals. In his later years he played for

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and 9 de Octubre. Raffo is considered to be one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of the Ecuadorian football, but the precise number of goals he scored will probably never be known, due to poor record keeping in the early 1950s.

International career

Raffo played international football for Ecuador between 1959 and 1963, he scored 10 goals in 13 games for his adoptive country. He was the top scorer in the

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. He is the only Ecuador player ever to achieve this feat to date.

Honours

*Topscorer in

: 6 goals *Topscorer in Campeonato Ecuatoriano 1963

References

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