Carlos Alberto Raffo

Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Raffo and the second or maternal family name is Vallaco.
Carlos Alberto Raffo
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Raffo Vallaco
Date of birth (1926-04-10)10 April 1926
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 18 September 2013(2013-09-18) (aged 87)
Place of death Guayaquil, Ecuador
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
Platense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940–1952 Platense
1952–1954 Argentina de Quito
1954–1963 Emelec (132)
1964 Everest (6)
1965 9 de Octubre (7)
National team
1959–1963 Ecuador 13 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008

Club career

Born in Buenos Aires, Raffo started his playing career with Club Atlético Platense in Argentina. In 1952 he moved to Ecuador to play for Argentina de Quito (now Deportivo Quito). In 1954 he joined Emelec where he would play many seasons, scoring 132 goals. In his later years he played for Everest and 9 de Octubre.

Raffo is considered to be one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of the Ecuadorian football, but the precise number of goals he scored will probably never be known, due to poor record keeping in the early 1950s.

International career

Raffo played international football for Ecuador between 1959 and 1963, he scored 10 goals in 13 games for his adoptive country.[2] He was the top scorer in the Copa América in 1963. He is the only Ecuador player ever to achieve this feat to date.

Honours
Season Team Title
1956EmelecCopa Guayaquil
1957EmelecCampeonato Ecuatoriano
1957EmelecCopa Guayaquil
1961EmelecCampeonato Ecuatoriano
1962EmelecCopa Guayaquil
  • Topscorer in Copa América in 1963: 6 goals
  • Topscorer in Campeonato Ecuatoriano 1963

References
  1. http://www.lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101564873
  2. rsssf: Ecuador record international players


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