Miguel Ángel Raimondo (born 12 December 1943) is an

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. He won ten trophies in his career, eight with

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and a further two with River Plate, he was awarded the Olimpia de Plata as the 1974 Argentine sports journalist's footballer of the year.rsssf: Argentine player of the year
/ref> Raimondo played his first professional game for

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in the Primera Division Argentina in 1965. One year later he was transferred to

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where he played until the end of the 1968 season. MA Raimondo 1970

In 1969, he joined Club Atlético Independiente, it was with Independiente that he had most of his success as a player, while he was there the club won two league championships, three (of their four in a row)

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titles, two

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s and an Intercontinental Cup. Raimondo was selected as the Player of the Year of Argentina in 1974. In 1975 Raimondo joined River Plate, he was only with the club for one season but in that time he helped the club to win both of the Argentine league titles that year. In 1976 Raimondo joined

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, the club finished bottom of their group in both the Nacional and the Metropolitano championships, prompting Raimondo's retirement from football at the end of the season.

Honours

; Independiente * Primera Division Argentina: Metropolitano 1970, Metropolitano 1971 *

: 1972, 1973, 1974 *

: 1973, 1974 * Intercontinental Cup:

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; River Plate * Primera Division Argentina: Metropolitano 1975,

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1975

References

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