Oscar Antonio Más (born October 29, 1946) is an

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former

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striker. He played the majority of his career for River Plate, and is the club's second highest goalscorer of all time. He was born in the city of

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in the

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of Argentina. He made his debut in the Argentine First Division at the age of 17 in 1964, with River Plate. He would go on to win two titles with River Plate, both the titles contested in 1975. He was twice the top scorer in the Argentine Primera and once top scorer in the

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. In total, he scored 199 goals in 382 games for River, being their second-most prolific scorer behind Angel Labruna. Más also played for

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for a spell,

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, Mariano Moreno, El Porvenir,

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, Huracán Las Heras de Mendoza and

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in Argentina. By the end of his career he had scored 215 goals in 329 games in the Argentine Primera, making him the 7th highest scoring player since the professional era began in 1931.

National team

Más represented

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on 37 occasions between 1965 and 1972 including at the

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. He scored 10 goals in his international career.

Investigative journalism and lawsuit for fraud

On Monday June 29, 2009, Oscar Más was convicted to a six months suspended sentence for fraud, during an abbreviated trial after being arrested the previous day while he was voting in a San Isidro school, in the northern area of

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, on the occasion of the parliamentary elections of June 2009. The former player had an

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for breaking legal action under a suspension of trial by which he was benefited on a

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lawsuit, as legal sources stated.>"><>
Yahoo Deportes México, transcripción de un cable de la agencia periodística DyN, 29-06-2009. Más was arrested in a police station and was transferred the next day to the warden of the Palace of Justice to appear before the Oral Criminal Court No. 7 that sought his arrest, by judges Daniel Morin, Gustavo Valle and Juan Giúdice Bravo. The detention order was made because he did not comply with ''probation'' that justice had issued in December 2006 to not to go to trial because of the complaint against him. The former player should have reported periodically to the board of trustees of the Freed, which he failed to do, and he wasn't located in the home that he had fixed so the court declared his rebellion and ordered his arrest. However, until the decision is final, he shall remain free. On its issue of Friday July 10, 2009, the investigative news program Documentos América, issued by the channel

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, revealed a hidden camera which presented Oscar Más demanding money from parents of children, in exchange for providing the latest a precarious training and eventual admission to the lower divisions of River Plate.>"><<"Documentos América" escrachó a Oscar "Pinino" Mas>>
Primicias Ya, 12-07-2009.

Honours

;Real madrid *

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: 1973-74 ;River Plate *

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: 1975 Metropolitano, 1975 Nacional *

runner-up:

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;Argentina *

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runner-up:

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Topscorer awards

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: 1970 Metropolitano, 1973 Metropolitano *

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References

External links

Brief bio at the official River Plate-dedicated web site
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''Museo dos Esportes'' entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mas, Oscar 1946 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football forwards Club Atlético River Plate footballers Real Madrid CF players América de Cali footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Defensores de Belgrano footballers Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers Talleres de Remedios de Escalada footballers Argentine Primera División players La Liga players Categoría Primera A players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia 1967 South American Championship players Copa Libertadores top scorers 20th-century Argentine sportsmen