Carlos Veglio Explained

Carlos Veglio
Fullname:Carlos José Veglio
Birth Date:27 August 1946
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position:Striker
Years1:1964 - 1967
Years2:1968 - 1975
Years3:1976 - 1978
Years4:1979
Years5:1980
Years6:1981
Years7:1981
Years8:1982
Caps1:32
Caps2:202
Caps3:68
Caps4:29
Caps5:27
Caps6:?
Caps7:?
Caps8:8
Goals1:4
Goals2:59
Goals3:12
Goals4:11
Goals5:2
Goals6:?
Goals7:?
Goals8:1
Nationalyears1:1968–1970
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:22 October 2007

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.

Playing career

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.

Titles as a player

SeasonTeamTitle
1968 MetropolitanoSan LorenzoPrimera División Argentina
1972 MetropolitanoSan LorenzoPrimera División Argentina
1972 NacionalSan LorenzoPrimera División Argentina
1974 NacionalSan LorenzoPrimera División Argentina
1976 MetropolitanoBoca JuniorsPrimera División Argentina
1976 NacionalBoca JuniorsPrimera División Argentina
1977Boca JuniorsCopa Libertadores
1977Boca JuniorsCopa Intercontinental
1978Boca JuniorsCopa Libertadores

Coaching career

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.

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