Roberto Mouzo (born 8 January 1953) is an Argentine former professional

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who played as a defender. Raised from the Boca Juniors youth academy, and having played the vast majority of his career for

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, Mouzo is considered one of the great idols of the club. He is the all-time most appearing player for the team, with 426 matches played. Mouzo also won 6 titles with the club,Mouzo: "La Bombonera es el templo"
on Télam, 24 May 2020 with 25 goals scored. Mouzo also has the most appearances in

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with 29 matches played (shared with club's legend

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). He was also capped for the Argentina national team, having played in

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Career

Player

Mouzo started his career in a 0–0 draw with Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) on 11 November 1971. Mouzo went on to make a record 426 appearances for Boca in all competitions, 396 in the Argentine league, making him the player with the most games in the history of Boca Juniors. Mouzo won all of the titles with Boca including the

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and

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. Mouzo scored 24 goals during his career at Boca, 21 in the league and 3 in the 1977 Copa Libertadores. In 1984 Mouzo left Boca Juniors due to a conflictive relation with club executives. He made his last appearance for Boca on 16 December in a 2–0 win over

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.Hace 36 años Mouzo jugaba su último partido
on Depo website, 15 Dec 2020 After leaving Boca, Mouzo had short spells with

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, and

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before returning to Argentina to finish his career in

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that was competing in

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. Mouzo was part of the team that won the first

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. His good performance during the tournament called the attention of Brazilian club Vitória which signed Mouzo for 6 months. Nevertheless, he was injured during the pre-season and had to return to Argentina. After he recovered from the injure, Mouzo played in Regional leagues for two years, in Urdinarrain of Gualeguaychú and Deportivo Villa Gesell.

After retirement

When Mouzo retired from football, he worked as an insurance seller and managed some football academies. Mouzo returned to football as youth coach at Boca Juniors before becoming interim coach (sharing duties with

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) in 1996 after the sacking of

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. Nevertheless, in 2003 he was fired by the

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administration after eight years of work at the club. In January 2009 with Jorge Amor Ameal as president of Boca Juniors, Mouzo returned to the club after manager

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offered him to coach the 4th division. After several years of service, Mouzo retired in 2018. In March 2020, Mouzo admitted that he attempted to commit suicide in 2009, soon after his wife died, which brought him a big depression. Mouzo: el día que intentó suicidarse
''Olé'', 6 Mar 2020

Honours

Boca Juniors * Primera División: 1976 Metropolitano, 1976 Nacional, 1981 Metropolitano *

* Intercontinental Cup:

In his own words

References

External links

Historia de Boca player profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mouzo, Roberto 1953 births Living people Footballers from Avellaneda Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1983 Copa América players Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Boca Juniors footballers Copa Libertadores–winning players Argentine football managers Boca Juniors managers Estudiantes de Río Cuarto footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Argentine expatriate men's footballers