Carlos Peucelle

Carlos Desiderio Peucelle (13 September 1908 – 1 April 1990) was an Argentine football player who played as an inside forward or as a right winger and is considered one of Argentina's finest wingers in their history. He is also known for being the catalyst for starting "La Máquina" with River Plate who went on to dominate football in South America in the 1940s.

Carlos Peucelle

Peucelle in 1929
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Desiderio Peucelle
Date of birth	(1908-09-13)13 September 1908
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	1 April 1990(1990-04-01) (aged 81)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, Right winger
Youth career
	Club Deportivo Anchorena
	Boca Juniors
	San Telmo
	Sportivo Barracas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1925–1926	San Telmo	?	(?)
1927–1930	Sportivo Buenos Aires	?	(?)
1931–1941	River Plate	307	(113)
International career
1928–1940	Argentina	59	(12)
Managerial career
1945–1946	River Plate
1954	San Lorenzo
1960	Sporting Cristal
1966	River Plate
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Argentina Copa América Winner 1929 Argentina Team Winner 1937 Argentina Team FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1930 Uruguay Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Peucelle played first team football for San Telmo and Sportivo Buenos Aires before joining Argentine giants River Plate for a fee of 10,000 pesos.^[1]

Peucelle played for River from 1931 to 1941 (307 matches and scored 143 goals). During this time "Los Millonarios" were champions of Argentina on 4 occasions; 1932, 1936, 1937 and 1941.

Peucelle also played for the Argentina national football team he was in the squad of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, where he scored three goals, and played in the final match against Uruguay,^[2] which Argentina lost 2–4.

Peucelle was part of two Copa América winning squads, in 1929^[3] and 1937.^[4]

Peucelle played a total of 59 games for Argentina scoring 12 goals.

Coaching career

After he retired, he was chief managers of several teams throughout Latin America. These included; Deportivo Cali in Colombia, Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica, Sporting Cristal in Peru and Olimpia in Paraguay. Peucelle also managed River Plate and San Lorenzo in Argentina.

Facts

• Peucelle established the first soccer school in Colombia.^[5]
• Peucele is credited as being one of the creators of "La Máquina" (The Machine), the all conquering River Plate team of the 1940s. In fact he wrote a book entitled "Futbol Todotiempo e Historia de La Máquina" (Football the times and history of "La Máquina")
• Peucelle gained the nickname "El Primer Millonario" because of his big money transfer from Sportivo Buenos Aires.^[6]

Career statistics

International goals

Argentina's goal tally first

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 June 1929	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Uruguay	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	3 November 1929	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Peru	1–0	3–0	1929 South American Championship
3.	26 July 1930	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	United States	5–0	6–1	1930 FIFA World Cup
4.				6–0
5.	30 July 1930	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1–1	2–4	1930 FIFA World Cup Final
6.	19 April 1931	Estadio de Puerto Sajonia, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	1–0	1–1	Friendly
7.	22 September 1931	Estadio de Puerto Sajonia, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	1–0	5–1	Friendly
8.	18 July 1935	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1–0	1–1	1935 Copa Héctor Gómez
9.	5 March 1940	Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	2–0	6–1	1940 Roca Cup
10.				3–0
11.				4–0
12.	17 March 1940	Estadio Racing Club, Avellaneda, Argentina	Brazil	3–0	5–1	1940 Roca Cup

Honours

Club

River Plate

• Primera División (4): 1932, 1936, 1937, 1941
• Copa Competencia (LAF) (1): 1932
• Copa Ibarguren (2): 1937, 1941
• Copa Adrián C. Escobar (1): 1941
• Copa Aldao (3): 1936, 1937, 1941

International

Argentina

• Copa América (2): 1929, 1937
• FIFA World Cup Runner-up: 1930

References

1. "Futbol Factory article" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. planetworldcup.com
3. RSSSF South American Championship 1929
4. RSSSF South American Championship 1937
5. "Futbol Factory profile". Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
6. "Pagina Millonario profile". Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2007-08-26.

External links

• Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)