Agustín Balbuena
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Agustín Alberto Balbuena | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 9 March 2021 | (aged 75)||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1964–1969 | Colón de Santa Fe | 114 | (22) |
1970 | Rosario Central | 20 | (1) |
1971–1975 | Independiente | 172 | (41) |
1976 | Racing Club | 19 | (3) |
1976–1977 | Bucaramanga | 10 | (0) |
1977–1978 | FAS | ||
National team | |||
?–1974–? | Argentina | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Agustín Alberto Balbuena (1 September 1945 – 9 March 2021) was an Argentine football striker who won four Copa Libertadores and the Copa Intercontinental with Club Atlético Independiente.
Career[]
Balbuena started his professional playing career in 1964 with home town club Colón de Santa Fe, after a spell with Racing Club he played for Rosario Central where he was a losing finalist in the 1970 Nacional.[1]
In 1971 Balbuena joined Club Atlético Independiente where he became an important player in the most successful period in the history of the club. He was part of the team that won the 1971 Metropolitano to qualify for the Copa Libertadores. Independiente won the competition on four consecutive occasions, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975. He scored the winning goal in the Copa Intercontinental in 1973 against Juventus.
Balbuena was included in the Argentina national team squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, he played for the national team on 8 occasions.
Later in his career he played for Bucaramanga of Colombia and CD FAS of El Salvador.
Death[]
Balbuena died aged 75 on 9 March 2021.[2]
Honours[]
Independiente
- Primera División Argentina: 1971 Metropolitano
- Copa Libertadores: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
- Copa Intercontinental: 1973
- Copa Interamericana: 1972, 1973, 1974
References[]
- ^ Argentina 1970 at rsssf
- ^ "El "Mencho" Agustín Balbuena falleció a los 75 años..." Página/12 (in Spanish). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
External links[]
- Agustín Balbuena at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1945 births
- 2021 deaths
- Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- Association football forwards
- Club Atlético Colón footballers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Rosario Central footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Atlético Bucaramanga footballers
- C.D. FAS footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
- Expatriate footballers in Colombia
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador
- Expatriate footballers in El Salvador
- Argentine football forward stubs