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Argentine footballer (1941–2021)

Rafael Albrecht
Albrecht in 1970
Personal information
Full name José Rafael Albrecht
Date of birth (1941-08-23)23 August 1941
Place of birth Tucumán, Argentina
Date of death 3 May 2021(2021-05-03) (aged 79)
Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Atlético Tucumán
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Atlético Tucumán
1960–1962 Estudiantes 70 (0)
1963–1970 San Lorenzo 229 (56)
1970–1974 Club León 145 (36)
1974–1975 Atlas 62 (3)
International career
1961–1969 Argentina 39 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Rafael Albrecht (23 August 1941 – 3 May 2021) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Argentina at the 1962 and 1966 World Cups.

Career

Albrecht was born in Tucumán. He started his career with Club Atlético Tucumán in 1957. In 1960, he was signed by Estudiantes, where he excelled and, thus, was called to play for the Argentina national team in 1961.

In 1962 he was transferred to San Lorenzo for 10 million pesos, a huge amount for those days. In San Lorenzo, he was part of two famous teams, the 'Carsucias' in 1964 and the 'Matadores' in 1968. The 'Matadores' team won the 1968 Metropolitano Championship without losing a single game. He played 229 games for the club, scoring 56 goals. Most of them were by way of penalties.

In 1970 Albrecht moved to Mexico. He first played with Club León, helping the team win two Copa México and two Campeón de Campeones super cups. He then played for Atlas, where he retired from football in 1975.

Albrecht played a total of 506 top flight games in his career, scoring a total of 95 goals, putting him in 7th place on the IFFHS list of top scoring defenders.

Death

Albrecht died on 3 May 2021, aged 79, after two weeks of hospitalisation with COVID-19, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina.

Honours

Atlético Tucumán

San Lorenzo

Club León

Argentina

Individual

  • IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team (Team C): 2021

References

  1. Museo de San Lorenzo (in Spanish)
  2. "Murió José Rafael Albrecht, vieja gloria de San Lorenzo y del fútbol argentino: tenía coronavirus". Clarín (in Spanish). 3 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. "IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM". 26 August 2021.

External links

Argentina squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup
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Argentina squad – 1963 South American Championship third place
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Argentina squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup
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Argentina squad – 1967 South American Championship runners-up
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Atlas F.C. – managers
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