Carlos Ariel Borges Galasso (14 January 1932 – 5 February 2014) was a Uruguayan

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who played for Uruguay national team. He is best known for scoring the first-ever goal in the history of

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. He is also one of the three Uruguayan footballers ever to score a hat-trick in

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. He achieved this feat in

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against

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. Borges earned 35 caps and scored 10 goals for the

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from 1954 to 1959. He represented the nation in the

in which they finished fourth. He was a part of the squad which won 1956 South American Championship two years later. Borges died on 5 February 2014 at the age of 82.First Copa Libertadores Goalscorer Dies at Age 82

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