Ángel Laferrara Explained

Ángel Laferrara
Fullname:Angel Ricardo Laferrara
Birth Date:27 March 1917
Clubnumber:9
Position:Forward
Years1:1936–1941
Years2:1942
Years3:1943
Years4:1944
Years5:1945
Years6:1946-48
Years7:1949
Clubs1:Estudiantes
Clubs2:Boca Juniors
Clubs3:Club Atlético Peñarol
Clubs4:Ferro Carril Oeste
Clubs5:Nueva Chicago
Clubs6:Unión Española
Caps1:78
Caps2:15
Caps4:18
Goals1:86
Goals2:8
Goals4:7
Nationalyears1:1940–1942
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:5

Ángel Laferrara (born 27 March 1917, date of death unknown) was an Argentine footballer. He was a talented striker.

Career

Laferrara started his career in 1936, playing for Estudiantes de La Plata, where he scored 86 goals in 78 games. His performance was noted by Boca Juniors, who bought him in 1942. He only played 15 games in Boca, scoring 8 goals. At the end of the season he was sent, on loan, to Club Atlético Peñarol as part of the transfer fee for Severino Varela. He played well in Peñarol, scoring twice in the 1943 Torneo de Honor final, against Nacional. At the end of the season, again, he was sent to Ferro Carril Oeste, where he scored 7 games in 18 games. In 1945, he played for Nueva Chicago, in the Primera B, Argentina Second Division. In 1946, he moved to Chile, where he played for Unión Española. He retired in 1949, playing for Argentino de Quilmes.

He played in six matches for the Argentina national football team from 1940 to 1942.[1] He was also part of Argentina's squad for the 1942 South American Championship.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ángel Laferrara . worldfootball.net . 28 June 2021.
  2. Web site: South American Championship 1942 . RSSSF . 28 June 2021.