Ramón Polo Pardo (13 April 1901 – 19 June 1966) was a Spanish

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who played as an

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, and was a former manager.

Club career

Born in Corcubión,

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, Polo played his entire professional career with

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also in his native Galicia, after Real Fortuna Football Club merged with Real Vigo Sporting Club in 1923. He competed with the club in

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and

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, scoring an all-time best 159 goals in 259 games all competitions comprised even though he was not a pure striker. Having studied in his youth to be a priest, Polo was known in Argentina as the black shadow of Américo Tesoriere, as he was the only European player capable of scoring against him. In a game against

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, he converted a

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with a broken

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. Polo retired in 1935 at the age of 34, going on to manage SG Lucense in the second level in the early 50s. He died on 19 June 1966, aged 65.

International career

Polo gained two

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for

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during seven years, in as many friendlies. His debut took place on 4 October 1925, in a 1–0 win over

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Polo, Ramon 1901 births 1966 deaths Footballers from the Province of A Coruña Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Tercera División players RC Celta de Vigo players Spain men's B international footballers Spain men's international footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers CD Lugo managers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen