Ángel Bossio

Ángel Bossio

Personal information
Date of birth	(1905-05-05)May 5, 1905
Place of birth	Argentina
Date of death	August 31, 1978(1978-08-31) (age 73)
Place of death	Avellaneda, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	Talleres (RE)
–	River Plate
National team
1927-1935	Argentina	21	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008. † Appearances (Goals).

Ángel Bossio (5 May 1905 – 31 August 1978) was an Argentine football (soccer) player who competed in the 1928 Olympic games. He was called la maravilla elástica, "the elastic wonder".

He was a member of the Argentine team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament.

He also participated in the first ever World Cup in 1930, where Argentina again finished second behind Uruguay. He played for Argentina 21 times between 1927 and 1935.

Bossio played for Talleres (RE) in the 1920s before joining River Plate after the professionalisation of Argentine football in 1931.

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Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver	1928 Amsterdam	Team Competition