Mario Desiderio (born 1 February 1938) is a former Argentine

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who has played in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Italy as

striker Striker or The Strikers may refer to: People *A participant in a strike action *A participant in a hunger strike *Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacksmith's assistant *Striker's Independent Society, the oldest mystic krewe in America People wi ...

. He was part of Argentina's squad at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

Teams

Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "Students from La Plata"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata , is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, wh ...

1954–1962 *

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

1963 * O'Higgins 1964–1966 *

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful footba ...

1967–1973

Honours

;O'Higgins *

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renam ...

: 1964

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* 1938 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Catania FC players Deportivo Cali footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Argentine Primera División players Serie A players Categoría Primera A players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Men's association football forwards Footballers from Buenos Aires {{Argentina-footy-forward-stub