Carlos Peucelle
Carlos Desiderio Peucelle (born September 13, 1908 , † April 1, 1990 ) was an Argentine football player and coach .
Peucelle is considered to be the founder of the River Plate Football School . As a player, he worked for River from 1931 to 1941, won the Argentine league title four times (1932, 1936, 1937 and 1941) and scored 113 goals.
River bought it for more than ten million pesos after the 1930 World Cup . Along with other major purchases in the early 1930s , such as Bernabé Ferreyra , this expensive transfer earned the club the nickname Los Millonarios (The Millionaires).
At the Football World Cup in 1930 , Carlos Peucelle scored the 1-1 goal in the final against the organizer Uruguay , but the Argentine national team had to admit defeat 2-4. In 1929 and 1937 he won the Copa America with the Albiceleste . In total, he completed 29 games for the national team and scored twelve goals.
As a trainer he worked in Argentina with River Plate and CA San Lorenzo de Almagro , in Colombia with Deportivo Cali , and in Paraguay with Olimpia Asunción . With Deportivo Saprissa he became champions in Costa Rica . At the end of the 1940s , he founded the first football school in Colombia .
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| SURNAME | Peucelle, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peucelle, Carlos Desiderio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1908 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1990 |