Miguel Ángel Lauri, known in

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

as Michel Lauri (August 29, 1908 – September 26, 1994), was a

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, he played for

Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its histo ...

. Born in Argentina and of French descent, Lauri represented both the

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, and

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Career

Lauri made his debut for Estudiantes in 1928 during the amateur era of Argentine football. He made his debut for the Argentina national team in 1929. In the early 1930s, after the professionalisation of the Argentine game, Lauri was part of the famous Estudiantes attacking lineup known as ''Los Profesores'' (The Professors). He earned the nickname ''Flecha de Oro'' (Golden Arrow) for his powerful right footed shooting ability. Lauri made an appearance in the 1933 film ''

Los tres berretines ''Los tres berretines'' (''The Three Whims'') is a 1933 Argentine black and white comedy film, the first film made by the newly formed Lumiton film studio, and one of the first sound films made in Argentina. Along with ''¡Tango!'', released that s ...

'' (The Three Whims), a comedy about a family obsessed with football, tango and cinema. In

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Lauri played in the

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where he scored his only goal for the national team, they eventually lost in the final to

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. In 1937 Lauri was signed by

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club Sochaux-Montbéliard, he was part of the

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winning campaign of 1938. Lauri played one game for the

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side in 1937 making him one of only four Argentines to play for France. In 1939 with the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

looming Lauri left France and returned to South America, where he played for

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...

in Uruguay.Zona Charrua article
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Titles

References

Sources

* Coll. L'intégrale de l'équipe de France de football, Paris, First, 1998, p. 100 and 453 *
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