Ramón Miguel Centurión (born 20 January 1962 in Santa Fe) is a former

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striker who won

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with River Plate.

Playing career

Centurión began his playing career in 1978 with home town club

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where he made 156 appearances and scored 47 goals. In 1985, he joined

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but only participated in the first half of the 1985-86 season before joining Boca's fiercest rivals, River Plate. In his first year with River they won the

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1985-86 championship and the

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. Centurión was the top scorer for the club with 7 goal. In 1986 Centurión was embroiled in a doping scandal and served a suspension after testing positive for

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, he still maintains that he never intentionally took performance-enhancing drugs. One of the most popular rumours involves Juan Gilberto Funes, Centurion's teammate at the time. Funes is accused of introducing drugs in a bottle of water which was handled to Centurion after a match. After serving his suspension he returned to play in River's championship winning team of 1989-90. He then had a short stint with

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before returning to Unión de Santa Fe where he retired from football in 1992.

After retirement

Centurión suffered from depression for many years before returning to work at Unión as a youth team coach in 2003."Estuve 11 años encerrado y esperando..."
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Centurion, Ramon 1962 births Living people Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Unión de Santa Fe footballers Boca Juniors footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Argentine Primera División players Doping cases in association football 20th-century Argentine sportsmen