Juan José Ferraro

Juan José Ferraro
Personal information
Full name Juan José Ferraro
Date of birth 5 September 1923
Place of birth Argentina
Date of death 18 November 1973(1973-11-18) (aged 50)
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1949 Vélez Sársfield 303[1] (157)
1949–1953 Boca Juniors 85 (32)
1953–1957 Vélez Sársfield above (above)
1958 Independiente Santa Fe 32 (19)
Total 428[1] (212[1])
International career
1940s–1950s Argentina 8 (4)
Managerial career
1959 Independiente Santa Fe
1964 Vélez Sársfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan José Ferraro (5 September 1923 – 18 November 1973)[2][3] was an Argentine footballer. He played mostly in his country for Vélez Sársfield, scoring 111 goals in 238 games with the team in the Argentine Primera División,[4] and a total of 157 goals in 303 games (counting second division matches). Ferraro is the second top scorer in the club's history, behind Carlos Bianchi (who has 206 goals).[4]

Playing career

Club

Ferraro completed his youth career in Vélez Sársfield, and debuted with the team in the early 1940s. He holds the distinction of scoring the first goal in the Estadio José Amalfitani's history, in the inauguration friendly match that Vélez drew with River Plate 2–2.[5] With Vélez, Ferraro played until 1949, helping the team return to the Argentine Primera División in 1943 by winning the second division championship.

In 1949, Ferraro joined Boca Juniors, who was struggling to avoid relegation from the first division.[6] Boca paid a $500,000 Argentine peso fee, a record for Vélez at the time.[7] The forward helped Boca avoid relegation, and stayed in the club until 1953, when he returned to Vélez. In total, he played 323 games and scored 143 goals in the Argentine Primera División with both clubs.[8]

Towards the end of his career, he had his only experience outside Argentina, playing in Colombia for Independiente Santa Fe. There, he won the Colombian First Division in 1958.

National team

Ferraro played with the Argentina national team between 1945 and 1956, winning the 1945 South American Championship with his country.[9]

Coaching career

After retiring in Independiente Santa Fe, Ferraro took up manager duties in the club. He also coached Vélez Sársfield in 1964.

Honours

Club

Vélez Sársfield
Independiente Santa Fe

International

Argentina

Notes

1^ Total caps and goals in the club, accounted for both first and second division.

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile" (in Spanish). BDFA. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. ^ Osvaldo Gorga (2 March 2010). "Simplemente "El Duque"" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Máximos goleadores" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Historia del Estadio José Amalfitani" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Cuando se salvó Boca". Clarín (in Spanish). 9 December 1999. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Castromán se va a Lazio". Clarín (in Spanish). 24 January 2001. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  8. ^ Pedro Uzquiz (3 February 2001). "Reyes del gol". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  9. ^ Pedro Uzquiza and Oscar Barnad (19 November 2001). "Una serie gloriosa y un juego maestro". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2010.