Héctor Scotta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Héctor Horacio Leonel Scotta Guigo | ||
| Date of birth | September 27, 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | San Justo, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970 | Unión de Santa Fe | 23 | (9) |
| 1971-1976 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 1976 | Grêmio Porto Alegre | ||
| 1976-1980 | Sevilla FC | ||
| 1980 | Ferro Carril Oeste | ||
| 1981 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 1982 | Boca Juniors | ||
| 1983 | Nueva Chicago | ||
| 1984-1985 | All Boys | ||
| 1986 | Deportivo Armenio | ||
| International career | |||
| ? | Argentina | 6 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 2007 | |||
Héctor Horacio Leonel Scotta Guigo is a retired Argentine football striker. He was born on September 27, 1950, in the city of San Justo in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. Scotta is most famous for his feat of scoring 60 goals in 1975.
Scotta started his career in 1970 with Unión de Santa Fe but after only one season he moved to Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro where he was part of the Nacional winning team of 1974. In 1975 Scotta was the topscorer of the Nacional championship with 28 goals and Metropolitano champion with 32 goals, this made him the topscorer in South America and in world football for 1975. Scotta was awarded the Olimpia de Plata as the Argentine sports writer's footballer of the year. Only two players managed to score more goals than him in one season: Archie Stark and Ferenc Deák. Nevertheless, Scotta remains the footballer who scored more goals in a single year, ever.
Scotta's goalscoring achievements of 1975 attracted the attention of a number of foreign clubs, the team that managed to sign him was Grêmio in Brazil, where he helped them to win the Campeonato Gaúcho in 1977.
In 1979 Scotta returned to San Lorenzo, he then had a season with Ferro Carril Oeste in 1980, another with San Lorenzo in 1981 and a final season at the top level of Argentine football with Boca Juniors. He also played for Sevilla FC.
Scotta later had spells with 2nd division outfits Nueva Chicago, All Boys and Deportivo Armenio.
Titles and awards
| Season | Club | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Nacional 1974 |  San Lorenzo |
Primera Division Argentina Champions |
| Nacional 1975 | San Lorenzo |
Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 28 goals |
| Metropolitano 1975 | San Lorenzo |
Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 32 goals |
| 1975 | San Lorenzo |
Topscorer in South America: 60 Goals |
| 1975 | San Lorenzo |
Olimpia de Plata |
| 1977 |  Grêmio |
Campeonato Gaúcho Champions |
External links
- Template:Es icon Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)
- Template:Es icon Interview with Scotta in Clarín
- Template:Es icon San Lorenzo Idols
- Template:Es icon San Lorenzo profile
- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from San Justo Department, Santa Fe
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- San Lorenzo footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Nueva Chicago footballers
- All Boys footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentine expatriate footballers