Óscar Marcelino Álvarez (25 May 1948 – 28 April 2016) was an Argentine professional football player.
Club
He played in Argentina for
Banfield and
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
between 1968 and 1970 before reappearing in Greece.
PAS Giannina
In 1972, he played four years for Greek club
PAS Giannina
PAS Giannina Football Club (), or with its full name Panipirotikós Athlitikós Síllogos Giánnina (, ''Panepirotic Athletic Club Giannina'') is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capita ...
, scoring 77 goals and becoming the second highest scorer in the club's history.
Panathinaikos
In 1976, he was transferred to Greek giants
Panathinaikos where he played until 1980, scoring 57 goals and becoming the ninth highest scorer in the club's history. He was part of the team that earned the 1976–77 double. In
1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
Alvarez was the
third scorer of the
Greek championship
The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repl ...
with 19 goals and in
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
he placed in the second place of scorers with 18 goals.
Atromitos
In 1980, he was transferred to
Atromitos where he played until his retirement in 1981.
Honours
Panathinaikos
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Greek Championship
The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repl ...
: 1976/1977
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Greek Cup
The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation.
The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...
: 1976/1977
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Balkans Cup
The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being ...
: 1977
References
External links
Oscar Alvarez bio (greek)
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1948 births
2016 deaths
Argentine men's footballers
Club Atlético Banfield footballers
Newell's Old Boys footballers
PAS Giannina F.C. players
Panathinaikos F.C. players
Atromitos F.C. players
Argentine Primera División players
Super League Greece players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Greek people of Argentine descent
Sportspeople of Argentine descent
Naturalized citizens of Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Men's association football forwards
20th-century Argentine sportsmen