Carlos Alberto Raffo

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Carlos Alberto Raffo
Full name	Carlos Alberto Raffo
Date of birth	April 10, 1926 (1926-04-10) (age 82)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	Platense
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1940-1952 1952-1954 1954-1963 1964 1965	Platense Argentina de Quito Emelec Everest 9 de Octubre	? (?) ? (?) ? (132) ? (6) ? (7)
National team
1959-1963	Ecuador	13 (10)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Carlos Alberto Raffo (born April 10, 1926 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 References

[edit] Club career

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 gratest 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.

[edit] International career

Raffo played international football for Ecuador between 1959 and 1963, he scored 10 goals in 13 games for his adoptive country^[1]. He was the top scorer in the Copa América in 1963. He is the only Ecuador player ever to achieve this feat to date.