Ángel Bossio

Ángel Bossio
Bossio at the 1928 Olympic games
Personal information
Full name Ángel Luis Bossio
Date of birth (1905-05-05)5 May 1905
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 31 August 1978(1978-08-31) (aged 73)
Place of death Avellaneda, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–32 Talleres
1933–36 River Plate 106
1937–38 Talleres
International career
1927–1935 Argentina 21 (0)
Managerial career
1959 Talleres
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América
Winner 1927 Peru Team
Winner 1929 Argentina Team
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1930 Uruguay Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ángel Luis Bossio (5 May 1905 – 31 August 1978) was an Argentine football goalkeeper. He was called "La maravilla elástica" ("The elastic wonder") due to his agility.[1] Bossio was a member of the Argentine team that took part of the 1928 Olympic games and won the silver medal.[2]

He also participated in the first ever World Cup in 1930, where Argentina again finished second behind Uruguay. He played for Argentina 21 times between 1927 and 1935. At club level, Bossio played for Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in the 1920s before joining River Plate after the professionalisation of Argentine football in 1931. In 1959, he managed the first team of Talleres de Remedios de Escalada.

Honours

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River Plate
Argentina

References

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  1. ^ "Ángel Bossio, la 'maravilla elástica'" [Ángel Bossio, the 'elastic wonder'] (in Spanish). Asociación del Fútbol Argentino. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Ángel Bossio". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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