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Francisco Antonio “Pancho” Varallo (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko anˈtonjo ˈpantʃo βaˈɾaʝo]; 5 February 1910 – 30 August 2010) was an Argentine football forward. He played for the Argentine national team from 1930 to 1937. He was a member of Argentina's squad at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930.

Francisco Varallo

Varallo in 1935
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Antonio Varallo
Date of birth	(1910-02-05)5 February 1910
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Date of death	30 August 2010(2010-08-30) (aged 100)
Place of death	La Plata, Argentina
Position(s)	Inside-right
Youth career
	12 de Octubre
	Estudiantes LP
	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928–1930	Gimnasia y Esgrima LP	?	(36)
1930–1931	→ Vélez Sársfield (loan)[note 1]	?	(16)
1931–1939	Boca Juniors	222	(194)
National team
1930–1937	Argentina	16	(7)
Honours Representing  Argentina Men's Football FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1930 Uruguay National Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his career, Varallo won four Primera División titles (one with Gimnasia y Esgrima LP and three with Boca Juniors) and with 194 goals in 222 official matches, is Boca Juniors' 3rd. highest all-time leading goalscorer.[2][3][4] Besides, Varallo is placed 11th. among the all-time Argentine Primera División top scorers with 216 goals.[5]

Varallo died in his home-town of La Plata on 30 August 2010, at the age of 100. He was the last surviving player from the 1930 World Cup.[6]

Club career

Early years

Varallo was born in Los Hornos, a district of La Plata Partido in Buenos Aires Province, on 5 February 1910. He made his debut at the age of 14, and early in his career gained the nickname cañoncito (in English: "little cannon") for his shooting ability.[2]

At the age of 18, Varallo had a trial with Estudiantes de La Plata, scoring eleven goals in three games for the club. However, the board of the club where Varallo was a youth team player were supporters of Estudiantes' town rivals Gimnasia y Esgrima, and therefore denied him the opportunity to join Estudiantes. Varallo ultimately joined Gimnasia, making his debut for the club's reserve side, before making his debut for the first team in 1929.[2] During his first season with Gimnasia, Varallo won the Primera División championship with the club after beating Boca Juniors by 2–1 in the final.[7]

In 1930, the forward was loaned for free by Gimnasia to Vélez Sársfield to play for the team during their Pan-American tour.[8] He totaled 17 goals during the tour.[8][1][9]

Boca Juniors

Varallo moved to Boca Juniors for the start of the 1931 season (the first professional season in Argentina)[7] for a fee of approximately $8000.[10]

He continued to play for the club for the next nine years during which time he won the Primera División title three times, in 1931, 1934 and 1935, as well as coming runner up in 1933, when he was the top goalscorer in the league and of South America scoring 34 goals.[2]

In his nine years at Boca Juniors he became the club's 2nd. top goal-scorer (after Roberto Cherro, although both would be surpassed by Martín Palermo in 2010),[11] with 194 goals in 222 games (scoring average 0.87 per game),[3][12] a record that stood until 2008 when it was broken by Martín Palermo.[7]

During the 1930s Varallo formed strong partnerships with teammates Roberto Cherro and Delfín Benítez Cáceres, who both also scored over 100 goals for the club. In 1938, he was only able to play one game because of a bad knee injury and, although he played more frequently the next year, was forced to retire in 1940, aged 30.[7]

International career

Varallo was a member of Argentina's squad at the inaugural World Cup in 1930, held in Uruguay, where he was the youngest player.[13] He played in all three of the team's group games; scoring one goal in the match against Mexico, but missed the semi-final against the United States due to injury.^{[citation needed]} However, he was fit to play in the World Cup final against Uruguay and started at inside right forward.[7] Argentina were leading 2–1 at half time, but eventually lost to the hosts 4–2.

Varallo was also a member of the Argentine team that won the South American Championship in 1937. He scored three goals during the tournament, including a brace in the 2–1 win over Chile.[2]

International goals

Argentina's goal tally first

No.	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Competition
1	25 May 1930	Uruguay	1–1	Estadio Gasómetro	1930 Copa Newton
2	19 Jul 1930	Mexico	6–3	Estadio Centenario	1930 FIFA World Cup
3	14 Dec 1933	Uruguay	1–0	Estadio Centenario	Friendly
4	30 Dec 1936	Chile	2–1	Estadio Gasómetro	1937 South American Championship
4	23 Jan 1937	Uruguay	2–3	Estadio Gasómetro	1937 South American Championship

After retirement

Varallo retired from football in 1940, due to injury problems.[7]

Varallo's career was recognised in 1994, when he was awarded with the FIFA Order of Merit for his contributions to football.[7] He has also received honours from the Argentine Football Association and the South American Football Confederation.[13]

In his late 90s Varallo had joked that he would have to come out of retirement should Martín Palermo overtake his record of 181 professional goals for Boca.[2]

He marked his 100th birthday in February 2010 in his hometown near Buenos Aires by recalling the 1930 clash between his country and neighbouring Uruguay. In an interview he gave to FIFA to mark his birthday, he stated that losing in the final to Uruguay was his 'greatest disappointment'.[14]

Death

Varallo died on 30 August 2010, in his hometown of La Plata at the age of 100.[2] Leading tributes to the former player, FIFA president Sepp Blatter stated that "The news that Francisco Varallo is no longer with us fills us with great sense of loss, both for his qualities as a person and an ambassador for our beloved sport ... In these grief-filled moments I can take immense pride from the fact that a character such as Francisco Varallo, whom we shall never forget, represented the football family with such dignity".[15] The president of the South American Football Confederation Nicolás Léoz also released a statement expressing sadness at Varallo's death.[16]

Following his death, both of his former clubs, Gimnasia and Boca announced a day of mourning, while the South American Football Confederation announced that a minute's silence was to be held during all Copa Sudamericana fixtures the following week.[17]

Honours

Club

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

• Primera División (1): 1929

Boca Juniors

• Primera División (3): 1931, 1934, 1935

International

Argentina

• Copa América (1): 1937

Individual

• Primera División top scorer (1): 1933
• Golden Foot (1): 2010, as a football legend[18]

Records

• Boca Juniors 3rd. highest all-time goalscorer: 194 goals [19]
• Argentine Primera División 4th. all-time topscorer (236 goals) [20][21]
• FIFA Order of Merit 1994 [19]
• CONMEBOL Order of Merit 2006 [19]
• The last surviving player from the 1930 World Cup [7]

See also

• List of centenarians (sportspeople)

Notes

References

External links

• Francisco Varallo – FIFA competition record (archived)
• FIFA.com: The Sole Survivor at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 January 2008)
• Bocampeonweb profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-03-20) (in Spanish)
• Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 January 2008) (in Spanish)

На других языках

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[de] Francisco Varallo

Francisco Antonio Varallo (* 5. Februar 1910 in La Plata; † 30. August 2010 ebenda[1]) war ein argentinischer Fußballspieler. Er starb als letzter Teilnehmer der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1930.[2] Er wurde aufgrund seiner vielen Tore auch Cañoncito (kleine Kanone) genannt.

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- [en] Francisco Varallo

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[es] Francisco Varallo

Francisco Antonio Varallo (La Plata, Buenos Aires, 5 de febrero de 1910–ib., 30 de agosto de 2010), más conocido por su seudónimo «Pancho» Varallo, fue un futbolista y entrenador argentino que se desempeñó principalmente en el puesto de delantero.[2] Comenzó su carrera en el Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata y posteriormente se trasladó al Club Atlético Boca Juniors. Obtuvo cuatro títulos de la Primera División de Argentina entre 1929 y 1935.

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[fr] Francisco Varallo

Francisco Varallo (La Plata, Argentine, 5 février 1910 - La Plata, 30 août 2010)[1] est un footballeur argentin.

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[it] Francisco Varallo

Francisco Antonio "Pancho" Varallo ([fɾanˈsiʰko βaˈɾaʃo]; La Plata, 5 febbraio 1910 – La Plata, 30 agosto 2010) è stato un calciatore e allenatore di calcio argentino, di ruolo attaccante.[1] Iniziò la carriera al Gimnasia La Plata per poi passare al Boca Juniors, dove conquistò varie volte la Primera División tra il 1929 e il 1935.

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[ru] Варальо, Франсиско Антонио

Франси́ско Анто́нио Вара́льо (исп. Francisco Antonio Varallo; 5 февраля 1910, Ла-Плата, Аргентина — 30 августа 2010, Ла-Плата) — аргентинский футболист, нападающий, футбольный тренер[4]. Начал карьеру в клубе Химнасия и Эсгрима, затем перешел в Бока Хуниорс, в составе которого неоднократно выигрывал Чемпионат Аргентины по футболу с 1929 по 1935 годы.

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