Vicente de la Mata
| Vicente de la Mata | ||
 De la Mata in El Grafico magazine
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | January 15, 1918 | |
| place of birth | Rosario , Argentina | |
| date of death | 4th August 1980 | |
| Place of death | Rosario , Argentina | |
| size | 172 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1930-1936 | Central Cordoba | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1936 | Central Cordoba | |
| 1937-1950 | CA Independiente | 362 (151) |
| 1951-1952 | Newell's Old Boys | 23 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1937-1946 | Argentina | 13 (6) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Vicente de la Mata (born January 15, 1918 in Rosario , † August 4, 1980 ibid) was an Argentine football player. He won the Copa America three times with the national team of his home country and was just as often Argentine football champion at club level with CA Independiente .
Career
Club career
Vicente de la Mata was born on January 15, 1918 in Rosario , now the third largest city in Argentina . He started playing soccer in the youth teams of Central Cordoba in his hometown. There he played from 1930 to 1936 in the youth and a little later for a few months in the first team. From there it successful club undertook CA Independiente from just outside the capital Buenos Aires located Avellaneda Partido . De la Mata was to experience his most successful time as a football player at Independiente. In fourteen years from 1937 to 1950, the attacker completed a total of 362 league games in the jersey of Independiente Avellaneda, in which he scored 151 goals. In the 1938 season Vicente de la Mata achieved the first championship title of his career with CA Independiente. After the end of all game days you were in the Primera División in first place with a lead of two points on the reigning champion River Plate . A year later you could then defend this title win, the Primera División 1939 was finished again in first place, this time with a lead of six points again on River Plate and the tied CA Huracán . As a result, however, it would take a while before Vicente de la Mata could celebrate his third and final championship title with Independiente Avellaneda. Now, years after winning the title in 1939, they were finally back at the top of the ranking in the 1948 Primera División . Independiente was first this time with a lead of four points again over River Plate. Vicente de la Mata then played for two more years in the jersey of CA Independiente, before he switched employers for the second time in his career in 1950 after fourteen years at the club.
For two years he then signed the Newell's Old Boys from his hometown of Rosario. With the club, which was more in the relegation battle at the time, De la Mata held twice the class in the top Argentinian league, before ending his active career as a footballer at the age of 34 after the end of the season in 1952 . De la Mata later became a trainer and coached, among others, Independiente, his hometown club Central Córdoba or Sportivo Dock Sud , without being very successful.
National team
Between 1937 and 1946 Vicente de la Mata brought it to a total of thirteen international matches for the Argentine national football team . He got six hits. In his international career, De la Mata won the Copa America three times . A first success came here in 1937 , when they defeated eternal rivals Brazil 2-0 after extra time in the decider for the title . The double goal scorer in the 109th and 112th minutes was Vicente de la Mata from Independiente Avellaneda. In Chile 1945 Argentina was successful a second time with Vicente de la Mata. They finished the table as the winner with one point ahead of Brazil. And just a year later, it happened a third time and Vicente de la Mata could book his third Copa America victory. At the home tournament in 1946 they finished first with a lead of three points again over the Brazilians. In the same year De la Mata's international career ended after thirteen international appearances.
successes
- Copa America : 3 times
- Argentine Championship : 3 ×
Web links
- Vicente de la Mata in the database of weltfussball.de
- Player biography
- Information about the player
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Mata, Vicente de la |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosario , Argentina |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1980 |
| Place of death | Rosario , Argentina |