Armando Reyes (28 October 1893 – 7 September 1954) was an Argentine
footballer
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who spent his entire career in
Racing Club Racing Club may refer to:
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, where he stayed from 1911 to 1929. His position on the field was
right back
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.
Reyes was part of the team during the Racing CLub's "golden age" that included 7 consecutive league titles, earning the nickname ''Academia'' ("academy") for the club, winning 20 titles with the team.
Internationally, Reyes played a total of 22 matches for the
Argentina national football team
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Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and S ...
,
[ being also part of Argentina's squad for the ]1919 South American Championship
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The participating countries were Brazil, Argentin ...
.
Nicknamed ''El Negro'', Reyes was born in Avellaneda
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and started his career in the fourth division of Racing in 1910, where he played alongside future idols of the club such as Carlos Muttoni, Francisco Olazar
Francisco Olazar (10 July 1885 – 21 September 1958) was an Argentine football player and coach. He played as a central midfielder.
At club level, Olazar spent his entire career playing for Racing Club, where he won eight Primera División l ...
, and Ricardo Pepe. His good performances promoted him to the senior squad that same year. Nevertheless, Reyes would leave the senior squad in 1929, joining the veterans team where he stayed until 1929.[ When he retired from football, Reyes became manager of Racing Club in the early 1930s.][Idolos: Armando Reyes]
on Racing Club
Despite having played his entire career for Racing Club, Reyes played a friendly match (along with goalkeeper Marcos Crocce) for Gath & Chavez, on 8 October 1918. He also remains as the Racing player with most matches with the Argentina national team,[Reyes, un tipo bien de Racing]
8 Sep 2020 and the most winning player with 20 titles won with the team.[Efemérides académicas – 28 de octubre]
28 Oct 2017
Titles
;Racing
* Primera División
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(8): 1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
, 1914
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, 1915
Events
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January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1 ...
, 1916
Events
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January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* ...
, 1917
Events
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January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
, 1918
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Events
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, 1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
, 1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil.
** The Spanish lin ...
* Copa Honor MCBA (4): 1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6 ...
, 1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
, 1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1 ...
, 1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
* Copa Ibarguren
The Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren, also called Campeonato Argentino
by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF or simply Copa Ibarguren was an offic ...
(5): 1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
, 1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
, 1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* ...
, 1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
, 1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
* Copa de Honor Cousenier
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History
The trophy was donated by "E. Cusenier Fils Auné ...
(1): 1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
* Copa Aldao
The Copa Ricardo Aldao (English language, English: ''Ricardo Aldao Cup''), popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official Argentine Football Association, AFA-Uruguayan Football Association, AUF Association footb ...
(2): 1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
, 1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
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Footballers from Avellaneda