Ángel Luis Bossio (5 May 1905 – 31 August 1978) was an Argentine football

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. He was called "La maravilla elástica" ("The elastic wonder") due to his agility. Bossio was a member of the Argentine team that took part of the

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and won the silver medal. He also participated in the first ever

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in 1930, where Argentina again finished second behind

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. He played for Argentina 21 times between 1927 and 1935. At club level, Bossio played for

Talleres de Remedios de Escalada Club Atlético Talleres, usually called Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, is an Argentine sports club sited in the Remedios de Escalada district of Lanús Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which curren ...

in the 1920s before joining River Plate after the professionalisation of Argentine football in 1931. In 1959, he managed the first team of Talleres de Remedios de Escalada.

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Bossio profile
1905 births 1930 FIFA World Cup players 1978 deaths Footballers from Avellaneda Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine men's footballers Talleres de Remedios de Escalada footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Argentina Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Argentina men's international footballers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Men's association football goalkeepers {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub