Ermindo Ángel Onega (30 April 1940 – 21 December 1979) was an Argentine

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, attacking

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and forward from River Plate. He played for River Plate from 1957 to 1968, scoring 98

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s in 222 matches. In 1972, he played for

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, scoring 6 goals in 30 matches. Onega also had spells with

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 ...

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and La Serena in

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. He was the older brother of Daniel Onega, also a River Plate footballer. Onega died in a road accident in 1979 on his way to the city of Rosario. He was only 39 years old.

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