Atilio Ceferino García Pérez[1] (26 August 1914 – 12 December 1973) was an Argentine-born Uruguayan naturalized footballer who played as a forward.
 García during his tenure in Nacional | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Atilio Ceferino García Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 12 December 1973 (aged 59) | ||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Club Atlético Moreno | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936 | Platense | 23 | (12) |
| 1937 | Boca Juniors | 7 | (6) |
| 1938–1951 | Nacional | 210 | (208) |
| 1952 | Racing Montevideo | ||
| 1953 | Miramar Misiones | ||
| International career | |||
| 1945 | Uruguay | 5 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gaecía is the top goal scorer in the history of Uruguayan football with 466 goals with 330 scored in official tournaments within 329 matches.[2] and the second highest goal scorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera División with 208 goals scored in 210 matches,[3] which also converted him in to the top goal scorer of the Uruguayan championship playing for the same club. He is also the top scorer in the history of Uruguayan Clásico with 35 goals. He played for Nacional between 1938 and 1951.
García also has the record of being top scorer in most Uruguayan Primera División seasons, with 8 (7 of them consecutively).[4][3]
Career
editGarcía started his careera at Club Atlético Moreno, then joining to Platense after a suggestion from Raúl Pajoni, a prominent player of El Calamar for those years. García played in Platense from 1931 to 1936, scoring 12 goals in 23 matches.[1] Due to his good performances in reserve matches, Boca Juniors hired him[2] for the 1937 season, although García only played 7 matches for Boca Juniors, scoring 6 goals.[1] It would be his last Argentine team before joining Nacional.
With Nacional he set a number of national records, including; Most topscorer awards, most consecutive top scorer awards, most goals against C.A. Peñarol and the most goals against Peñarol in a single game. During his time at Nacional the club won 25 titles, including eight championships. García was the top scorer in the league on eight occasions.
After leaving Nacional he had single seasons with Racing Club de Montevideo and Miramar Misiones.
García continued to live in Uruguay after his retirement in 1953. He died in Montevideo in 1973.
Career statistics
editInternational
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay[5] | 1945 | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each García goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 January 1945 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile |  Ecuador |
1–0 | 5–1 | 1945 South American Championship |
| 2 | 3–1 | |||||
| 3 | 5–1 | |||||
| 4 | 28 January 1945 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile |  Colombia |
1–0 | 7–0 | |
| 5 | 7–0 |
Honours
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- Primera División (8): 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950
- Torneo de Honor (8): 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948
- Campeonato Nocturno Rioplatense (1): 1938
- C. C. Grandes del Río de la Plata (1): 1938
- Copa Aldao (3): 1940, 1942, 1946
- Torneo Competencia (3): 1942, 1945, 1948
- Copa del Atlántico (1): 1947
Top scorer statistics
edit| Season | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Nacional | 20 |
| 1939 | Nacional | 22 |
| 1940 | Nacional | 18 |
| 1941 | Nacional | 23 |
| 1942 | Nacional | 19 |
| 1943 | Nacional | 18 |
| 1944 | Nacional | 21 |
| 1946 | Nacional | 21 |
Facts
edit- Atilio Ceferino García has a stand in the Estadio Gran Parque Central named in his honour.
- On 8 December 1940 García scored a record 4 goals in a 5–1 victory over Peñarol.
- García scored a total of 35 goals against Peñarol, a record that may never be surpassed.
- García was topscorer in Uruguay in seven consecutive seasons between 1938 and 1944.
- Fernando Morena is the only player to have scored more goals than García in the Uruguayan league, with 230.
- García is the top scorer in the history of Club Nacional de Football, with 464 goals in 435 games in all competitions.
References
edit- ^ a b c Atilio García, el goleador juninense que en Uruguay fue Gardel by Waldemar Iglesias on Semanario de Junín
- ^ a b El pase de Atilio García: el hombre que hizo historia en Nacional y al que los hinchas le compraron una casa on ESPN.com.ar, 12 Jan 2023
- ^ a b Uruguay - League Top Scorers by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF
- ^ Los grandes récords del fútbol uruguayo by Luis Prats on El País, 16 Feb 2019
- ^ "Atilio García - AUF". Retrieved 22 February 2022.
External links
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- (in Spanish) Biography on the Nacional website
- (in Spanish) Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)