Julio César Abatte was an Argentine

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who played as a

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for clubs in Chile. He was born in Mendoza.

Career

Abatte played for Bádminton,

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, and

Rangers de Talca Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football (soccer), football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the Chilean Primera División B, second level of the Chilean football system. Their home g ...

. Abatte was a key figure in

's squad as they turned professional and achieved promotion to the Chilean top division. He scored a goal in the club's

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debut as Rangers won 4–3 against Universidad Católica in May 1953. He spent two seasons with Rangers and scored 20 goals in total.

Teams

* Bádminton 1946–1948 *

1949 * 1950–1952 *

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1952–1953

Personal life

His son, Juan Carlos, nicknamed ''Conejo'' (Rabbit), also was a historical player of Rangers between 1973 and 1976. Julio was nicknamed ''Rucio'', a distortion of ''Rubio'' (Blond).

References

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* Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bádminton F.C. footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Rangers de Talca footballers Chilean Primera División players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Year of birth missing Year of death missing Footballers from Mendoza, Argentina {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-stub