Félix Loustau ()River Plate – La Maquina /ref> (25 December 1922 – 5 January 2003) was an Argentine
footballer
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who was a key player on the River Plate squad known as
La Máquina
''La Máquina'' () is a nickname given to the River Plate football team from 1941 to 1947, commonly referred by the media as the best Argentine team of its era and one of the best teams worldwide.forwards on the team were Juan Carlos Muñoz,
José Manuel Moreno
José Manuel Moreno Fernández (3 August 1916 – 26 August 1978), nicknamed "''El Charro''", was an Argentine footballer who played as an inside forward for several clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia; for many who saw him play, h ...
Ángel Labruna
Ángel Amadeo Labruna (28 September 1918 – 19 September 1983) was an Argentine footballer and coach who played as a forward. With 323 goals scored in official matches, which include 294 league goals, Labruna is the 2nd all-time top scorer of ...
and Loustau. He usually played as an outside left and he is considered to be one of Argentina's greatest wingers.
Because the peak of his career was during the
Second World War
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, his international career was very limited. Nevertheless, he played 28 times for
Argentina
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scoring ten goals. He won the
Copa América
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Argentine Primera División
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Copa Ibarguren
The Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren, also called Campeonato Argentino by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF or simply Copa Ibarguren was an offi ...
: 1942
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Copa Aldao
The Copa Ricardo Aldao ( English: ''Ricardo Aldao Cup''), popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official AFA- AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions o ...
: 1945, 1947
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South American Championship of Champions
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runner-up:
1948
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Argentina
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Copa América
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1945
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1946
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1947
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January
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