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Segundo Luna (born 20 April 1902) was an Argentine footballer, born in
Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a sur ...
,
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. He was the first Santiagueño (person who was born in Santiago del Estero) to play in Argentina's national football team as well as the first to play in an international tournament. Luna's team finished second in the Athletic Club Students Cultural Football League. He then joined the international football team in 1927, the year before the Olympics in Amsterdam. His first tournament was the
1927 South American Championship The eleventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Lima, Peru from 30 October to 27 November 1927. The participating countries were Argentina national football team, Argentina, Bolivia national football team, Bolivia, Peru natio ...
, in
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, Peru, where Argentina qualified for the 1928 Olympics. The name 'Segundo Luna' means 'Second Moon' in Spanish.


The Copa De America

Segundo Luna scored his first international goal on 1 October 1927, against Bolivia. Luna scored the first goal after 18 minutes in what would be a 7–1 win. He scored another goal in that match, which was Argentina's sixth. This was after 56 minutes. He next scored on 20 November, in a 3–2 win against Uruguay. He scored his team's second goal (to make it 2–1) after 70 minutes. Luna was the joint-top goalscorer of the competition, along with
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(Uruguay). They scored 3 goals each.Estudiantes.org


1928 Olympics

Argentina came second in the 1928 Olympics. Luna was part of the squad, but he did not play in any matches. They played the semi-final against Egypt, who had surprisingly beaten Turkey and Portugal in earlier rounds. Luna's team were dominant and won 6–0. The final was against Uruguay and finished 1–1 after 30 minutes of extra time. A replay was called, and it was 1–1 at half time. Argentina conceded the tournament-winning goal in the 68th minute.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Luna, Sagundo 1902 births Year of death missing Date of death unknown Olympic footballers for Argentina Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Copa América–winning players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Santiago del Estero 20th-century Argentine sportsmen