Óscar Coll Marengo (September 1, 1928, in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Argentina – 2001) was an Argentine

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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for clubs of Argentina, Chile and Spain.

Career

Raised in

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, Coll was the youngest of seven children, and he and his two brothers would each become professional footballers. His oldest brother Andrés played for

Club Atlético Independiente () is an Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, which plays in the Argentine Primera Divi ...

and

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, while Norberto played for River Plate and Union Espanola of Chile. Óscar began with

Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. ...

's reserve team playing in the fourth division before joining the first team as a right-side attacker (an ''extremo derecha''). Next, Coll joined

Club Atlético Platense Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Florida, Buenos Aires. The club nickname is (Squid) after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink". Although the club hosts many activities, Pla ...

for three seasons before

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine foot ...

for the 1954–55 season. He would move to Spain after that season, joining

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

. Coll died aged 73.

Teams

* River Plate 1948–1950 * Platense 1951–1953 *

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1954–1955 * Espanyol 1956–1961 *

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1962–1966

Honours

Universidad de Chile * Chilean Championship: 1962, 1964 and 1965

References

* 1928 births 2001 deaths Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Argentina men's international footballers Club Atlético Platense footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Footballers from Buenos Aires 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-forward-stub