Alejandro Nicolás de los Santos (17 May 1902 — 16 February 1982) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for San Lorenzo, Dock Sud, El Porvenir, Huracán and Argentina.
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| Full name | Alejandro Nicolás de los Santos | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1902 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paraná, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 February 1982 (aged 79) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1914–1920 | Club Oriente del Sud | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1921 | San Lorenzo | 10 | (2) | ||||||||
| 1921–1924 | Dock Sud | ||||||||||
| 1924–1931 | El Porvenir | 148 | (80) | ||||||||
| 1931–1934 | Huracán | 73 | (21) | ||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 1922–1925 | Argentina | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||
| 1935 | Huracán | ||||||||||
| 1940 | Huracán | ||||||||||
| 1945 | Huracán | ||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Early life
editDe los Santos was born in Paraná on 17 May 1902 to Angolan Argentine parents.[1]
Career
editIn 1921, de los Santos signed for San Lorenzo. On 22 May 1921, de los Santos made his debut for the club in a 2–0 win against Banfield.[2] After spells at Dock Sud and El Porvenir, de los Santos signed for Huracán in 1931, scoring 21 goals in 73 league appearances, making a total of 25 goals in 88 appearances in all competitions.[1][3]
In December 1925, de los Santos won the South American Championship with Argentina.[4] De los Santos was the first of only three black footballers to appear for Argentina.[1][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "De los Santos: la negra excepción albiceleste" (in Spanish). Salmon Palangana. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Alfredo de los Santos" (in Spanish). Museo de San Lorenzo. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Alejandro de los Santos" (in Spanish). Base de Datos del Futbol Argentino. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "Southamerican Championship 1925". RSSSF. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "How Santos became the 1st of just 3 Black soccer players to represent Argentina". 20 December 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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