Alejandro de los Santos
Argentine footballer (1902–1982)
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Alejandro Nicolás de los Santos (17 May 1902 – 16 February 1982) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for San Lorenzo, Dock Sud, El Porvenir, Huracán and Argentina.
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| Full name | Alejandro Nicolás de los Santos | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1902 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paraná, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 February 1982 (aged 79) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||
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| 1914–1920 | Club Oriente del Sud | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1921 | San Lorenzo | 10 | (2) | ||||||||
| 1921–1924 | Dock Sud | ||||||||||
| 1924–1931 | El Porvenir | 148 | (80) | ||||||||
| 1931–1934 | Huracán | 73 | (21) | ||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 1922–1925 | Argentina | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||
| 1935 | Huracán | ||||||||||
| 1940 | Huracán | ||||||||||
| 1945 | Huracán | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
De los Santos was born in Paraná on 17 May 1902.[1] According to Argentine historian Francisco Sosa, who was interested in his family origins, he was not the son of a couple of runaway slaves from Angola, as is commonly believed, but rather the son of Argentines, being his father also born in Paraná and his mother born in Río Cuarto, Córdoba.[2] Per Sosa's research, De los Santos was a descendant of Africans who arrived in the Río de la Plata as a result of the slave trade.[2]
Career
In 1921, de los Santos signed for San Lorenzo. On 22 May 1921, de los Santos made his debut for the club in a 2–0 win against Banfield.[3] After spells at Dock Sud and El Porvenir, de los Santos signed for Huracán in 1931, scoring 21 goals in 73 league appearances, making a total of 25 goals in 88 appearances in all competitions.[1][4]
In December 1925, de los Santos won the South American Championship with Argentina.[5] De los Santos was the first black footballer to appear for Argentina.[1][6]
