Ángel Berni
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ángel Antonio Berni Gómez | ||
Date of birth | 9 January 1931 | ||
Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
Date of death | 24 November 2017 | (aged 86)||
Place of death | Asunción | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1945–1949 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1949–1951 | Olimpia Asunción | ? | (?) |
1951–1952 | Boca de Cali[1] | 42 | (26) |
1953–1959 | San Lorenzo | 71 | (29) |
1959 | Gimnasia LP | 14 | (6) |
1960–1964 | Real Betis | ? | (?) |
International career | |||
1950–? | Paraguay | ? | (?) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ángel Antonio Berni Gómez (9 January 1931 – 24 November 2017) was a football striker.
Career
Berni started his career at the youth divisions of Olimpia Asunción in 1945, and in 1949 he made the debut for Olimpia's first team. In 1951 he was transferred to Boca Juniors de Cali and later on played for Argentine clubs San Lorenzo de Almagro (where he became the top scorer for the 1954 season with 29 goals) and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. His last club was Real Betis of Spain.
At the national team level, Berni was part of the Paraguay squad at the 1950 World Cup and also competed in the 1953 Copa América tournament which was won by Paraguay.
References
- ^ Boca Juniors de Cali statistics @ Golgolgol.net
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- 1931 births
- 2017 deaths
- Sportspeople from Asunción
- Paraguayan footballers
- Paraguay international footballers
- 1950 FIFA World Cup players
- Club Olimpia footballers
- San Lorenzo footballers
- Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata footballers
- Real Betis players
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Colombia
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Paraguayan expatriate footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Copa América-winning players
- Association football forwards
- Paraguayan football forward stubs