Óscar Coll

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Coll and the second or maternal family name is Marengo.
Óscar Coll
Oscar Coll (River)
Personal information
Full name Óscar Coll Marengo
Date of birth (1928-09-01)September 1, 1928
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 2001
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948-1950 River Plate 24 (7)
1951-1953 Platense 83 (50)
1954-1955 San Lorenzo 45 (17)
1956-1961 Espanyol 91 (36)
1962-1966 Universidad de Chile 72 (31)
Total 315 (141)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Óscar Coll Marengo (September 1, 1928, in Buenos Aires, Argentina – 2001) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for clubs of Argentina, Chile and Spain.[1]

Career

Raised in Avellaneda, Coll was the youngest of seven children, and he and his two brothers would each become professional footballers. His oldest brother Andrés played for Club Atlético Independiente and Racing Club de Avellaneda, while Norberto played for River Plate and Union Espanola of Chile. Óscar began with Club Atlético River Plate's reserve team playing in the fourth division before joining the first team as a right-side attacker (an extremo derecha).[2]

Next, Coll joined Club Atlético Platense for three seasons before San Lorenzo de Almagro for the 1954–55 season. He would move to Spain after that season, joining RCD Espanyol.[2]

Coll died aged 73.[3]

Teams

Honours

Universidad de Chile

  • Chilean Championship: 1962, 1964 and 1965

References

  1. ^ "Óscar Coll". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Óscar Coll Marengo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 12 March 1961.
  3. ^ "Mal de alzheimer, un mal que azota a muchos ex jugadores" (in Spanish). La Nueva Provincia. 17 April 2008.


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