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Carlos Veglio
Argentine footballer
Carlos José Veglio (born 27 August 1946, in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football striker. He won a number of major titles with San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors and represented the Argentina national football team.
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Carlos Veglio on the cover of El Gráfico 2689 in 1971 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos José Veglio | ||
| Date of birth | (1946-08-27) August 27, 1946 (age 77) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1967 | Deportivo Español | 32 | (4) |
| 1968–1975 | San Lorenzo | 202 | (59) |
| 1976–1978 | Boca Juniors | 68 | (12) |
| 1979 | Universidad | 29 | (11) |
| 1980 | Boca Juniors | 27 | (2) |
| 1981 | León | ? | (?) |
| 1981 | Cerro Porteño | ? | (?) |
| 1982 | Gimnasia de Jujuy | 8 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1968–1970 | Argentina | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2007 | |||
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Early years
Veglio started his professional career in 1964 in the Argentine 2nd division with Deportivo Español. In 1966, the club won promotion to the Primera División Argentina he played in the Primera during the 1967 season.
San Lorenzo
In 1968, Veglio won his first title with San Lorenzo in his first year on the team. He helped the club to win the Metropolitano without losing a single game, making them the first unbeaten champions in the professional era of Argentine football.
In 1972 Veglio was part of the San Lorenzo team that won both of the Argentine league titles, this time they completed the Nacional championship without losing a game.
Veglio won his fourth title with San Lorenzo in 1974, the club won the Nacional championship. Veglio is one of only five players to have won four league championships with San Lorenzo, the others being Sergio Villar, Victorio Cocco, Roberto Telch and Agustín Irusta.
Boca Juniors
In 1976, Veglio joined Boca Juniors where he went on to win five titles in his time at the club. Boca won the 1976 Metropolitano and the 1976 Nacional, they won the Copa Libertadores in 1977 and 1978, and the Copa Intercontinental in 1977. In 1979, Veglio was loaned to Universidad in Venezuela but he returned to Boca in 1980.
Later years
In 1981, Veglio had a spell in Mexico with Club León and then played in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño. In 1982, he returned to Argentina and finished his career with Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.
After retiring as a player, Veglio turned his hand to coaching, he has worked on the backroom staff at Boca Juniors and at Atlético Madrid, and was the field assistant to Carlos Bianchi.
- Boca Juniors profile (in Spanish)
- Boca Junior stats at Historiadeboca.com.ar (in Spanish)