Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an

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striker who played international football for

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87.

Club career

Born in

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, Raffo started his playing career with

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in Argentina. In 1952 he moved to

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

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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.rsssf: Ecuador record international players
/ref> He was the top scorer in the

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

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. He is the only Ecuador player ever to achieve this feat to date.

Honours

*Topscorer in

: 6 goals *Topscorer in Campeonato Ecuatoriano 1963

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raffo, Carlos Alberto 1926 births 2013 deaths Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine emigrants to Ecuador Association football forwards Argentine footballers Ecuadorian footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Club Atlético Platense footballers S.D. Quito footballers C.S. Emelec footballers C.D. Everest footballers Expatriate footballers in Ecuador Ecuador international footballers C.D. Cuenca managers