Juan José Ferraro (5 September 1923 – 18 November 1973) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

footballer. He played mostly in his country for Vélez Sársfield, scoring 111 goals in 238 games with the team in the

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, 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 Carlos Arcesio Bianchi (born 26 April 1949), nicknamed ''El Virrey'' (''The Viceroy''), is an Argentine former football player and manager. A prolific goalscorer, although he had a bright career as a forward in Argentina and France, Bianchi is b ...

(who has 206 goals).

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

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's history, in the inauguration friendly match that Vélez drew with River Plate 2–2. With Vélez, Ferraro played until 1949, helping the team return to the Argentine Primera División in 1943 by winning the

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championship. In 1949, Ferraro joined

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

, who was struggling to avoid relegation from the first division. Boca paid a $500,000 Argentine peso fee, a record for Vélez at the time. 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. Towards the end of his career, he had his only experience outside Argentina, playing in

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for

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. There, he won the Colombian First Division in 1958.

National team

Ferraro played with the Argentina national team between 1945 and 1956, winning the

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with his country.

Coaching career

After retiring in Independiente Santa Fe, Ferraro took up

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duties in the club. He also coached Vélez Sársfield in 1964.

Honours

Club

;Vélez Sársfield *

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: 1943 ;Independiente Santa Fe * Colombian First Division: 1958

International

;Argentina *

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Notes

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferraro, Juan Jose 1923 births 1973 deaths Place of birth missing Argentine men's footballers Argentine football managers Argentina men's international footballers Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Categoría Primera A players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Boca Juniors footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers Independiente Santa Fe managers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield managers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Men's association football forwards