Carlos Alberto Raffo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Alberto Raffo Vallaco | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 18 September 2013 (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Platense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1940–1952 | Platense | ||
| 1952–1954 | Argentina de Quito | ||
| 1954–1963 | Emelec | (132) | |
| 1964 | Everest | (6) | |
| 1965 | 9 de Octubre | (7) | |
| International career | |||
| 1959–1963 | Ecuador | 13 | (10) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of March 2008 | |||
Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, aged 87.[1]
Born in Buenos Aires, Raffo started his playing career with Club Atlético Platense in Argentina. In 1952 he moved to Ecuador to play for Argentina de Quito (now Deportivo Quito). In 1954 he joined Emelec where he would play many seasons, scoring 132 goals. In his later years he played for Everest and 9 de Octubre.
Raffo is considered to be one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of the Ecuadorian football, but the precise number of goals he scored will probably never be known, due to poor record keeping in the early 1950s.[according to whom?]
