Ángel Luis Bossio (5 May 1905 – 31 August 1978) was an Argentine football goalkeeper. He was called "La maravilla elástica" ("The elastic wonder") due to his agility.[citation needed] Bossio was a member of the Argentine team that took part of the 1928 Olympic games and won the silver medal.[1]
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Full name | Ángel Luis Bossio | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1905-05-05)5 May 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 31 August 1978(1978-08-31) (aged 73) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Avellaneda, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
Talleres (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
River Plate | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1927–1935 | Argentina | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He also participated in the first ever World Cup in 1930, where Argentina again finished second behind Uruguay. He played for Argentina 21 times between 1927 and 1935. At club level, Bossio played for Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in the 1920s before joining River Plate after the professionalisation of Argentine football in 1931.
Argentina squad – 1927 South American Championship winners (3rd title) | ||
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Argentina football squad – 1928 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists | ||
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Argentina squad – 1929 South American Championship winners (4th title) | ||
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Argentina squad – 1930 FIFA World Cup runners-up | ||
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