Domingo Tarasconi
Domingo Alberto Tarasconi (20 December 1903 – 3 July 1991) was an Argentine football forward. Raising from Club Atlético Atlanta, he played most of his career for Boca Juniors where he won 9 official titles and became the all-time 4th highest scorer in the club's history, behind Martín Palermo, Roberto Cherro, and Francisco Varallo.
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Tarasconi covered on El Gráfico in 1925 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Domingo Alberto Tarasconi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1903 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 July 1991 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1921 | Atlanta | ? | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1922–32 | Boca Juniors | 236 | (192) | ||||||||||||||
| 1933 | Newell's Old Boys | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1934 | General San Martín | ? | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 1935 | Sportivo Barracas | ? | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1936 | Argentinos Juniors | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1922–1929 | Argentina | 24 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Apart from those achievements with the club, Tarasconi was Primera División topscorer on five occasions between 1922 and 1934, being also one of the all-time top scorers in the league, having scored 208 goals in 289 matches between 1921 and 1934.
Tarasconi also played for the Argentina national football team, winning the silver medal and being topscorer of the Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam in 1928 with 11 goals in 4 matches. His outstanding performance in the competition still holds a record. With Argentina, he also won two Copa América titles in 1925, and 1929.
Tarasconi was also mentioned in the tango Patadura, released in 1928 and performed by legend Carlos Gardel.