Arsenio Erico
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Arsenio Pastor Erico Martínez was a Paraguayan football striker. According to some researchers, Erico is ranked first among the all-time highest goalscorers in the Argentine Primera División with 293
Erico covered on El Gráfico in 1934
Erico heading the ball in a match against River Plate, c. 1939
Erico (right) with then Argentine league topscorer Héctor Scotta in 1975
Erico with Independiente, the only club where he played in Argentina
Club Atlético Independiente
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Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football
Arsenio Erico
…rectified that statistic, placing Ángel Labruna first with 295 goals. All the goals in Erico's career in Primera División were scored playing for Independiente. Erico is also considered the best Paraguayan footballer of all time and for some, including Alfredo Di Stéfano, is the best player in history. A striker…
Degiorgi brothers, founders (1905 photograph)
Independiente players with the club's first official trophy (1909)
The 1926 squad won the club's second league title and the nickname Diablos Rojos
Sastre and Erico with the 1938 Copa Aldao, first international trophy