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
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in
Argentina
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. He played the majority of his career with
Boca Juniors, he scored 221 goals in 305 games for the club (in all official competitions), making him Boca Juniors' highest scoring player until his record was surpassed by
Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo (; born 7 November 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Platense.
Palermo played for Boca Juniors and the Argentina national team. A prolific goalscorer ...
in 2010. He also ranks 5th. among the
all-time Primera División top scorers, with 236 goals in 345 league matches.
Cherro won five league titles with Boca Juniors, being also the club's
top scorer on five occasions (
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...
,
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...
, and
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...
with 20, 32 and 37 goals respectively). He was also part of the
Argentina national team that won the silver medal at the
1928 Summer Olympics.
International career
Cherro won the
Copa América in 1929 with the
Argentina national football team.
On 5 February 1933, Cherro famously scored all four goals in a 4–1 win over arch enemies
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 ...
.
Titles
;Boca Juniors
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Argentine Primera División: (5)
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...
,
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...
,
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
,
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...
,
1935
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Copa Estímulo
The Copa Estímulo was an official Argentine football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association and first held in 1920. The tournament was contested twice between 1920 and 1926.[1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...]
References
External links
Boca Juniors profile
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1907 births
1930 FIFA World Cup players
1965 deaths
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine footballers
Argentina international footballers
Association football forwards
Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Argentina
Olympic silver medalists for Argentina
Olympic medalists in football
Copa América-winning players
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Boca Juniors managers
Argentine football managers
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