Miguel Ángel Lauri, known in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

as Michel Lauri (August 29, 1908 – September 26, 1994) was a

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, he played for

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 ...

. Born in Argentina and of French descent, Lauri represented both the

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, and

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Career

Lauri made his debut for Estudiantes in 1928 during the amateur era of Argentine football. He made his debut for the Argentina national team in 1929. In the early 1930s, after the professionalisation of the Argentine game, Lauri was part of the famous Estudiantes attacking lineup known as ''Los Profesores'' (The Professors). He earned the nickname ''Flecha de Oro'' (Golden Arrow) for his powerful right footed shooting ability. Lauri made an appearance in the 1933 film ''

Los tres berretines ''Los tres berretines'' (''The Three Whims'') is a 1933 Argentine black and white comedy film, the first film made by the newly formed Lumiton film studio, and one of the first sound films made in Argentina. It was a great success and launched th ...

'' (The Three Whims), a comedy about a family obsessed with football, tango and cinema. In

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

Lauri played 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 ...

where he scored his only goal for the national team, they eventually lost in the final to

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. In 1937 Lauri was signed by French club Sochaux-Montbéliard, he was part of the French league winning campaign of 1938. Lauri played one game for the

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side in 1937 making him one of only four Argentines to play for France. In 1939 with the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

looming Lauri left France and returned to South America, where he played for

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...

in Uruguay.Zona Charrua article
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* Coll. L'intégrale de l'équipe de France de football, Paris, First, 1998, p. 100 and 453 *
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