Héctor Horacio Leonel Scotta Guigo (born 27 September 1950) is an

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retired

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striker. He was born in the city of San Justo in the

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. Scotta is most famous for his feat of scoring 60 goals in 1975.

Career

Scotta started his career in 1970 with

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but after only one season he moved to

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where he was part of the

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winning team of 1974. In 1975 Scotta was the topscorer of the Nacional championship with 28 goals and Metropolitano champion with 32 goals, this made him the topscorer in South America and in world football for 1975. Scotta was awarded the Olimpia de Plata as the Argentine sports writer's footballer of the year. During 1975, Scotta broke Arsenio Erico's single-season

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goal-scoring record with 48 goals. Scotta's goalscoring achievements of 1975 attracted the attention of a number of foreign clubs, the team that managed to sign him was Grêmio in

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, where he helped them to win the

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in 1977. In 1979 Scotta returned to San Lorenzo, he then had a season with

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in 1980, another with San Lorenzo in 1981 and a final season at the top level of Argentine football with

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. He also played for Sevilla FC. Scotta later had spells with 2nd division outfits Nueva Chicago,

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and Deportivo Armenio.

Personal life

Scotta's grandson Valentino Fattore is also a professional footballer who currently plays for

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Honours

Club

; San Lorenzo * Primera Division Argentina Champions: 1972 Metropolitano, 1972

, 1974

Individual

* Primera Division Argentina Top scorer: Metropolitano 1975 (32 goals) *Seasonwise World Top Scorer: 1975 *Top scorer in South America: 1975 (60 Goals)Highest Season Scoring Records
rsssf.org * Olimpia de Plata: 1975 * Primera Division Argentina Top scorer:

1975 (28 goals)

References

External links

*
Interview with Scotta in Clarín

San Lorenzo Idols

San Lorenzo profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scotta, Hector 1950 births Living people People from San Justo Department, Santa Fe Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Unión de Santa Fe footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Grêmio FBPA players Ferro Carril Oeste footballers Boca Juniors footballers Club Atlético Nueva Chicago footballers All Boys footballers Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Footballers at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Footballers from Santa Fe Province 20th-century Argentine sportsmen