Ángel Berni

Ángel Berni

Berni playing for San Lorenzo in 1955
Personal information
Full name	Ángel Antonio Berni Gómez
Date of birth	(1931-01-09)9 January 1931
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death	24 November 2017(2017-11-24) (aged 86)
Place of death	Asunción
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1945–1949	Olimpia Asunción
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1951	Olimpia Asunción	?	(?)
1951–1952	Boca de Cali[1]	42	(26)
1953–1959	San Lorenzo	71	(29)
1959	Gimnasia LP	14	(6)
1960–1964	Real Betis	?	(?)
National team
1950–?	Paraguay	?	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ángel Antonio Berni Gómez (9 January 1931 – 24 November 2017) was a football striker.

Career[]

Berni started his career at the youth divisions of Olimpia Asunción in 1945, and in 1949 he made the debut for Olimpia's first team. In 1951 he was transferred to Boca Juniors de Cali and later on played for Argentine clubs San Lorenzo de Almagro (where he became the top scorer for the 1954 season with 29 goals) and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. His last club was Real Betis of Spain.

At the national team level, Berni was part of the Paraguay squad at the 1950 World Cup and also competed in the 1953 Copa América tournament which was won by Paraguay.

References[]

• Profile at Franjanegra
• Jugadores de San Lorenzo

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