Manuel Ferreira (22 October 1905 – 29 July 1983) was an

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who was a member of the Argentina national team. Ferreira was part of the Argentine squad that won the football silver medal at the 1928 Olympic tournament. He also captained the Argentine team at the

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finals, in which Argentina finished as runner-up. Ferreira won the

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championship with Argentina in 1929 and also won the

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in 1927 and 1928.

Career

Nicknamed ''Nolo'' or ''Piloto Olímpico'', Ferreira started his career at Club Argentino of

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, then moving to

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where he was part of the attacking formation known as ''Los Profesores'' ("the professors") along with

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Alberto Zozaya Alberto Maximo Zozaya (13 April 1908 – 17 February 1981) was an Argentine football striker who played most of his career for Estudiantes de La Plata and represented the Argentina national team. Playing career Alberto "Don Padilla" Zozaya s ...

, Miguel Ángel Lauri, and

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. That team lasted from 1928 to 1933, and was widely recognised due to their skills with the ball and the accuracy of their passes. They scored 103 goals in

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for a total of 216 within two seasons. Also in 1933, Zozaya (33) and Scopelli (31) were the top scorers of the tournament, setting a record of two players of the same team being top scorers. The nickname ''professors'' was not only due to their knowledge of the game but for the fact that the players used to enter to the pictch wearing blue

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s. Apart from that, all of them were cultured people (Ferreira, p.e., was a

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)."Estudiantes de La Plata (1928-1933): Los Profesores" by Martín Estévez on Derrota Digna blogsite, 10 Jan 2008 Ferreira played in Estudiantes from 1924 to 1933. He was then transferred to River Plate where he had a short tenure, returning to Estudiantes until 1936 when he retired from professional football.''Nolo: el fútbol, de la cabeza a los pies'' by Enrique Escandez, 1992 Ferreira scored 100 goals for Estudiantes, ranking among its 10 historical top scorers.La cátedra del fútbol
by Oscar Barnade and Pedro Uzquiza, ''Clarín'', 2002 After his retirement, Ferreira resumed his career as scrivener, also working as sports commentator in several media including radio broadcasting and newspapers '' Clarín'' and

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's ''El Día''. He was correspondent covering the

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, working with notable announcer Joaquín Carballo Serantes (mostly known as "Fioravanti") and former footballer

Roberto Cherro Roberto Eugenio Cerro, named "Cherro" (23 February 1907 – 11 October 1965) was an Argentine football striker. He was born in Barracas in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He played the majority of his career with Boca Juniors, he scor ...

. Ferreira died of cancer at 77 years old in a hospital in

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. In 1991, a street in his hometown was named after him.

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* 1905 births 1930 FIFA World Cup players 1983 deaths Argentine footballers Argentine people of Portuguese descent Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Argentina international footballers Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Argentina Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Place of birth missing Argentine football managers Estudiantes de La Plata managers Olympic medalists in football Copa América-winning players Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Association football forwards Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub