Roberto Cherro

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Roberto Cherro
Personal information
Full name Roberto Eugenio Cerro
Date of birth (1907-02-23)23 February 1907
Place of birth Barracas, Argentina
Date of death 11 October 1965(1965-10-11) (aged 58)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Sportivo Barracas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1924 Sportivo Barracas
1925 Ferro Carril Oeste
1926–1938 Boca Juniors 305 (221)
International career
1926–1937 Argentina 16 (13)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's football
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Eugenio Cerro, named "Cherro" (23 February 1907 – 11 October 1965) was an Argentine football striker. He was born in Barracas in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He played the majority of his career with Boca Juniors, he scored 221 goals in 305 games for the club (in all official competitions), making him Boca Juniors' highest scoring player until his record was surpassed by Martín Palermo in 2010.[1]

Cherro won five league titles with Boca, he was the clubs top scorer on five occasions, and the top scorer in the Argentine Primera División on three occasions during the amateur era of Argentine football (1926, 1928 and 1930).

International career

Cherro won the Copa América in 1929 with the Argentina national football team.

On 5 February 1933, Cherro famously scored all four goals in a 4–1 win over arch enemies Uruguay.

Honours

Boca Juniors
Other titles
  • Copa Estimulo: 1926

References

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