Juan Nelusco Perinetti (1891 – 31 July 1957) was an Argentine

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Career

Born in

Remedios de Escalada Remedios de Escalada is a city located in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, within Lanús Partido, Gran Buenos Aires. It covers an area of 9.95 km2 and the population was 81,465 in 2001; the demonym for its inhabitants is "escaladense." ...

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, Perinetti joined Racing Club in 1906, having previously played for

Talleres de Remedios de Escalada Club Atlético Talleres, usually called Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, is an Argentina, Argentine sports club sited in the Remedios de Escalada district of Lanús Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association footb ...

, a club where he was a founding member and later became president. Perinetti was a key figure during Racing's golden era in the amateur leagues, contributing significantly to the club's unprecedented run of seven consecutive league titles between 1913 and 1919. Perinetti was a prolific goal-scorer, netting 99 goals for Racing, making him one of the club’s top scorers in its history. In 1925, Perinetti returned to Talleres as captain and was a key figure in the team that won the Intermedia championship. He played in 17 matches for the

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from 1915 and 1919. He was also part of Argentina's squad for the

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1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

, and

1919 South American Championship The 1919 South American Championship of Nations was the third continental championship for South American national football teams. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 11 to 29 May 1919. The participating countries were Brazil, Argentin ...

Honours

Player

Racing Club

Source: * Primera División (7):

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1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 * ...

1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...

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* Copa de Honor: 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917 *

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(5):

Copa de Honor Cousenier The Copa de Honor Cusenier was an international football club competition which was played 13 times between representatives of the Argentina and Uruguay associations between 1905 and 1920. History The trophy was donated by "E. Cusenier Fils Auné ...

Copa Aldao The Copa Ricardo Aldao ( English: ''Ricardo Aldao Cup''), popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official AFA- AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions o ...

Talleres de Remedios de Escalada

*Argentine División Intermedia: 1925

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* 1891 births 1957 deaths Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Place of birth missing Men's association football forwards Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Talleres de Remedios de Escalada footballers Footballers from Buenos Aires Province {{Argentina-footy-forward-stub