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Gustavo Albella (25August 192513June 2000) was an Argentine
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who played as a
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for clubs in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Albella remains as the all-time top scorer for Banfield, with 136 goals (71 in Primera División and 65 in
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).


Career

Albella started playing at Sportivo Alta Gracia in his hometown. He also played in other clubs of the city such as 25 de Mayo and Club Colón. In 1943 he moved to Buenos Aires to play for
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, then playing in the second division,
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. After a good performance in a friendly v
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, the club acquired Albella as substitute player of Jaime Sarlanga. In Talleres (where he was an idol for the institution), Albella played a total of 36 official matches, scoring 29 goals. Albella played for Boca Juniors during the 1945 season, alternating between the senior squad and the reserve team. When Sarlanga was injured, Albella replaced him as centre forward, scoring 6 goals. At the same time, he was completing the
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, where a lieutenant who was linked to C.A. Banfield, offered him to play for the club. In Banfield, Albella debuted in the Primera B tournament, in 1946. The squad won the championship with 14 points ahead
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, which finished 2nd. Banfield set also a record of 28 matches unbeaten (achieved during the first 28 rounds). Albella remained in Banfield until 1951, when he was traded to Brazilian
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. During his tenure on the club, he switched from forward to
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, winning the
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. In 1955 Albella returned to Banfield, playing one season before moving to Chile to play for Green Cross, winning the
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title before retiring from football. During his two tenures on Banfield, Albella totalised 136 goals for C.A. Banfield, becoming the all-time top scorer of the club.Córdoba, Banfield y el Che
on ''La Voz''


Titles

; Banfield *
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(1): 1946 ;
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*
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(1):
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
; Green Cross *
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(1):
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...


Honours

* Green Cross 1957 and 1958 (Top Scorer Chilean Championship)


References


External links

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Gustavo Albella
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