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(Redirected from Vicente De la Mata) Argentine footballer (1918–1980)

Vicente de la Mata
De la Mata in 1940
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-01-15)15 January 1918
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Date of death 4 August 1980(1980-08-04) (aged 62)
Place of death Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1930–1936 Central Córdoba (R)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936 Central Córdoba (R)
1937–1950 Independiente 362 (151)
1951–1952 Newell's Old Boys 23 (1)
International career
1937–1946 Argentina 13 (6)
Managerial career
Independiente
Deportivo Morón
Dock Sud
Central Córdoba (R)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vicente de la Mata (15 January 1918 – 4 August 1980) was an Argentine football player and manager. A forward, he played most of his club career for Independiente and for the Argentina national team between 1937 and 1946.

Playing career

De la Mata playing against River Plate in 1939.

De la Mata emerged from the youth team of Central Córdoba in 1936, he was soon signed by Independiente where he spent 14 seasons, scoring 151 goals in 362 games for the club. He was part of three championship winning teams and played alongside Antonio Sastre and Arsenio Erico. He is fondly remembered as one of the club's greatest ever players.

De la Mata played for Argentina on thirteen occasions between 1937 and 1946, scoring six goals. He played for Argentina in the Copa América on three occasions, each won by Argentina. In 1937 he scored both goals in the 2–0 win over Brazil in the final. He was also part of the squads that won the tournament in 1945 and 1946.

In 1951 he returned to Rosario to play for Newell's Old Boys and retired in 1952.

Managerial career

De La Mata went on to become a football manager, he had spells in charge of Independiente, Deportivo Morón, Dock Sud and Central Córdoba.

Honours

Independiente

Argentina

Individual

  • Copa America Best Player: 1937

References

  1. "1950. CON ¨CAPOTE¨ EN SU BARRIO" (in Spanish). El Gráfico. 24 April 2019.

External links

Argentina squad – 1937 South American Championship winners (5th title)
Argentina
Argentina squad – 1945 South American Championship winners (7th title)
Argentina
Argentina squad – 1946 South American Championship winners (8th title)
Argentina
South American Championship and Copa América Player of the Tournament
Unofficial award
Official award
Messi was given the 2015 award, but rejected it. Argentina's staff was to receive the award.
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