Carlos Volante

Carlos Volante
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Martín Volante
Date of birth	November 11, 1910
Place of birth	Lanús, Argentina
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1928	Platense
1929–1930	San Lorenzo
1930–1931	→ Vélez Sársfield (loan)
1931–1932	Napoli
1932–1933	Livorno
1933–1934	Torino
1934–1935	Rennes
1935–1936	Olympique Lillois
1937–1938	CA Paris
1938–1943	Flamengo
International career
1929–1933	Argentina
Managerial career
1946–1948	Internacional
1953–1955	Vitória
1959–1960	Bahia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Martín Volante (November 11, 1910 – October 9, 1987)^[1]^[2] is an Argentine former football defensive midfielder, who played in Argentine, Brazilian, French and Italian clubs.

Career

Although he was born in Lanús, south Greater Buenos Aires, Volante begun his career in 1928 at northern Platense, a Vicente López club. In 1929 he transferred to San Lorenzo, with which he reached the semifinals of the local league. Between 1930 and 1931, Volante was loaned for free to Vélez Sársfield to play in the team's Pan-American tour.^[3]

Two years later he signed a deal with Napoli. He also played for Livorno and Torino in Italy, where he would stay until 1934 when he moved to French football.

Once there, Volante took part in the historical Rennes 1934-35 squad and also played for Olympique Lillois and CA Paris. During 1938 FIFA World Cup, held in France, he was hired by Brazil National Football Team to work as a massagist.^[4] The fear from World War II and a nice relationship built with Brazilian players made Volante transfer to Flamengo, where he would side with Brazilian stars Domingos da Guia and Leonidas.

Volante retired in 1943, at 33 years old, to build a managerial career. He won the Brazilian Championship in 1959 for Bahia.

Trivia

In Brazil, the position of defensive midfielder is called volante, because Carlos defended one of the most popular clubs in the country, and his way of play popularized the term volante.