Manuel Ferreira (footballer)
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Manuel Ferreira (22 October 1905 – 29 July 1983) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward.
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Full name | Manuel Ferreira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1905-10-22)22 October 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Trenque Lauquen, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 29 July 1983(1983-07-29) (aged 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Argentino (Trenque Lauquen) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1924–1933 | Estudiantes (LP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1933–1935 | River Plate | 35 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1935–1936 | Estudiantes (LP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1927–1930 | Argentina | 21 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1931 | Estudiantes (LP) (co-manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955 | Estudiantes (LP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Throughout his career, Ferreira was a member of the Argentina national team, and was part of the Argentine squad that won the football silver medal at the 1928 Olympic tournament.[1] He also captained the Argentine team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup finals, in which Argentina finished as runner-up.
Ferreira won the Copa América championship with Argentina in 1929[2] and also won the Copa Newton in 1927 and 1928.