Miguel Ángel Raimondo (born 12 December 1943) is an

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midfielder. He won ten trophies in his career, eight with

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and a further two with River Plate, he was awarded the

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as the 1974 Argentine sports journalist's footballer of the year.rsssf: Argentine player of the year
/ref> Raimondo played his first professional game for Rosario Central in the

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in 1965. One year later he was transferred to Atlanta where he played until the end of the 1968 season. MA Raimondo 1970

In 1969, he joined Club Atlético Independiente, it was with Independiente that he had most of his success as a player, while he was there the club won two league championships, three (of their four in a row)

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titles, two Copa Interamericanas and an Intercontinental Cup. Raimondo was selected as the

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in 1974. In 1975 Raimondo joined River Plate, he was only with the club for one season but in that time he helped the club to win both of the Argentine league titles that year. In 1976 Raimondo joined All Boys, the club finished bottom of their group in both the Nacional and the Metropolitano championships, prompting Raimondo's retirement from football at the end of the season.

Honours

; Independiente *

: Metropolitano 1970, Metropolitano 1971 *

: 1972, 1973, 1974 * Copa Interamericana: 1973, 1974 * Intercontinental Cup:

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; River Plate *

: Metropolitano 1975,

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1975

References

1943 births Living people Argentine footballers Argentina international footballers Association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players Rosario Central footballers Club Atlético Atlanta footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers All Boys footballers Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-stub