Alejandro de los Santos
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Full name | Alejandro Nicolás de los Santos | ||||||||||
Date of birth | 17 May 1902 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Paraná, Argentina | ||||||||||
Date of death | 16 February 1982 | (aged 79)||||||||||
Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
1914–1920 | Club Oriente del Sud | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
1921 | San Lorenzo | 10 | (2) | ||||||||
1921–1924 | Dock Sud | ||||||||||
1924–1931 | El Porvenir | 148 | (80) | ||||||||
1931–1934 | Huracán | 73 | (21) | ||||||||
International career | |||||||||||
1922–1925 | Argentina | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||
1935 | Huracán | ||||||||||
1940 | Huracán | ||||||||||
1945 | Huracán | ||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alejandro Nicolás de los Santos (17 May 1902 — 16 February 1982) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for San Lorenzo, Dock Sud, El Porvenir, Huracán and Argentina.
Early life
[edit]De los Santos was born in Paraná on 17 May 1902 to Angolan Argentine parents.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1921, de los Santos signed for San Lorenzo. On 22 May 1921, de los Santos made his debut for the club in a 2–0 win against Banfield.[2] After spells at Dock Sud and El Porvenir, de los Santos signed for Huracán in 1931, scoring 21 goals in 73 league appearances, making a total of 25 goals in 88 appearances in all competitions.[1][3]
In December 1925, de los Santos won the South American Championship with Argentina.[4] De los Santos was the first of only three black footballers to appear for Argentina.[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "De los Santos: la negra excepción albiceleste" (in Spanish). Salmon Palangana. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Alfredo de los Santos" (in Spanish). Museo de San Lorenzo. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Alejandro de los Santos" (in Spanish). Base de Datos del Futbol Argentino. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Southamerican Championship 1925". RSSSF. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "How Santos became the 1st of just 3 Black soccer players to represent Argentina". 20 December 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- 1902 births
- 1982 deaths
- Footballers from Paraná, Entre Ríos
- Afro-Argentine sportspeople
- Argentine people of Angolan descent
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine football managers
- Copa América-winning players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentina men's international footballers
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Sportivo Dock Sud players
- Club El Porvenir footballers
- Club Atlético Huracán footballers
- Club Atlético Huracán managers
- Argentine football forward stubs