Ermindo Ángel Onega (30 April 1940 – 21 December 1979) was an Argentine
footballer
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, attacking
midfielder
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and
forward from
River Plate. He played for River Plate from 1957 to 1968, scoring 98
goal
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s in 222 matches. In 1972, he played for
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
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, scoring 6 goals in 30 matches.
Onega also had spells with
Peñarol
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in
Uruguay
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and
La Serena in
Chile
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. He was the older brother of
Daniel Onega, also a River Plate footballer.
Onega died in a road accident in 1979 on his way to the city of
Rosario. He was only 39 years old.
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1940 births
1979 deaths
People from Belgrano Department, Santa Fe
Road incident deaths in Argentina
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Peñarol players
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
Argentine footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
1966 FIFA World Cup players
Deportes La Serena footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Argentine expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Chile
Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
Sportspeople from Santa Fe Province
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