Francisco Sá

Francisco Sá
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Pedro Manuel Sá
Date of birth	October 25, 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth	Las Lomitas, Argentina
Position(s)	defender
Youth career
	Central Goya
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1966	Central Goya
1968	Huracán (C)
1969–1970	River Plate
1971–1975	Independiente
1976–1981	Boca Juniors
1981–1982	Gimnasia de Jujuy
International career
1973–1974	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Pedro Manuel Sá (born October 25, 1945, in Las Lomitas, Formosa) is a retired Argentine football defender.

Sá holds the record for the most Copa Libertadores titles, he won six; 4 consecutive titles with Club Atlético Independiente between 1972 and 1975, and a further 2 with Boca Juniors in 1977 and 1978.

Career

Sá started his career with Central Goya in the lower leagues, he then had a spell with Huracán de Corrientes before joining River Plate in 1969.

In 1971 Sá joined Independiente where he was part of the team that won the Metropolitano 1971 title followed by an unprecedented four consecutive Copa Libertadores titles. He also won the first of his two Intercontinental Cup title in 1973.

In 1976 Sá was transferred to Boca Juniors where he won a further six major titles, 2 Metropolitano, 2 Copa Libertadores, 1 Nacional and 1 Intercontinental Cup. In his time at Boca he played 195 games for the club in all competitions, scoring 2 goals.

After leaving Boca in 1981 Sá played for Gimnasia de Jujuy for one season before his retirement in 1982.

Honours

Independiente

Argentine Primera División (1): Metropolitano 1971
Copa Libertadores (4): 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Intercontinental Cup (1): 1973

Boca Juniors

Argentine Primera División (2): Metropolitano 1976, Metropolitano 1981
Copa Libertadores (2): 1977, 1978
Intercontinental Cup (1): 1977

References

External links

Template:Es icon CONMEBOL interview at the Wayback Machine (archived December 17, 2008)
Template:Es icon Boca Juniors profile