Vicente Aguirre

Vicente Aguirre was Argentine footballer, (January 22, 1901 - June 11, 1990), prominent in the history of Club Atlético Central Córdoba and Newell's Old Boys[1] who also made four appearances for the Argentine national team in 1923-24.

Vicente Aguirre
Vicente "Chueco" Aguirre
Personal information
Date of birth (1901-01-22)22 January 1901
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Date of death 11 June 1990(1990-06-11) (aged 89)
Place of death Santa Fe, Argentina
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1916 Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1917–1917 Rosario Central 1 (0)
1919–1924 Central Córdoba ? (?)
1925–1928 Newell's Old Boys 65 (80)
1929–1932 Central Córdoba ? (?)
Total ? (?)
National team
1923–1924 Argentina 4 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

In 1916, when he was fifteen years old, he started playing football in the lower divisions of Rosario Central. First he joined the team of the fourth division and then, in 1917, played in the team which won the third division tournament. In the final match that season, Aguirre scored two goals in the extra time that gave the team a 3:1 victory against Gimnasia y Esgrima.[2]

In 1918, Aguirre transferred to Central Córdoba. He won the Rosarina Football Association championships with Central Cordoba and once in Newell's Old Boys. With the Charrúas he won the 1931 Preparation Tournament and the Governor Luciano Molinas Tournament in 1932, the first 2 official titles in the history of the club.

International career

As a player of the Argentinian team, he made 4 appearances for the National Team and scoring four goals, including a hat-trick in Montevideo (Copa América) in 1923, leading Argentina to a 4-3 win over Paraguay. Aguirre appeared in all three games for Argentina, who finished runners-up to Uruguay, at the 1923 Copa América.[3]

Clubs
Rosario Central
Newell's Old Boys
  • Copa Estímulo de la Asociación Rosarina (1): 1925
Central Córdoba
  • Torneo Preparación (1): 1931
  • Torneo Gobernador Luciano Molinas (1): 1932

Individual

References
  1. Carlos Durhand; Javier Parenti, Historia en rojo y negro, La Capital, 2010, p. 167 to 170
  2. Blog Historia del futbol Rosarino, de Leonardo Volpe, journalist, researcher and historian from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
  3. Southamerican Championship 1923 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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