Carlos Babington

Carlos Babington

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Alberto Babington
Date of birth	September 20, 1949 (1949-09-20)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1969–1974	Huracán	305	(126)
1974–1978	SG Wattenscheid 09	120	(46)
1979–1982	Huracán
1982	Tampa Bay Rowdies	20	(3)
1983	Junior
National team
	Argentina	13	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2007. † Appearances (Goals).

Carlos Alberto Babington "El Inglés" (The Englishman) (born 20 September 1949) is a former Argentine football striker. He represented the Argentine national team at the 1974 World Cup.

Babington was born in Buenos Aires and started his career at Club Atlético Huracán in 1969, he was part of the team that won the Metropolitano 1973 championship.

In 1974, he was transferred to the German team SG Wattenscheid 09, though he had also considered an offer from Stoke City due to his English ancestry.

Babington returned to Huracán in 1979 and played for the club until 1982, when he moved to Florida, United States to cash in at the Tampa Bay Rowdies. He retired from football later that year.

Babington scored 126 goals for Huracán in his 8 years with the club, he later went on to manage the team between 1988 and 1991, and he became president of Club Atlético Huracán in 2005.

External links

• NASL stats
• (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile (Archived)