Atilio Garcia
Atilio Ceferino Garcia is a former Uruguayan football striker. He was born on August 26 1914, in the city of Junin in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. His main club was Club Nacional de Football where he played for 13 seasons between 1938 and 1951.
Garcia had short spells with Club Atletico Moreno, Club Atletico Platense and Boca Juniors in Argentina before joining Club Nacional de Football.
With Nacional he set a number of records, including; Most topscorer awards, most consecutive top scorer awards, most goals against C.A. Penarol and the most goals against Penarol in a single game. During his time at Nacional the club won 25 titles, including eight championships. Garcia was the top scorer in the league on eight occasions.
After leaving Nacional he had single seasons with Racing Club de Montevideo and Miramar Misiones.
Garcia continued to live in Uruguay after his retirement in 1953, he died in Montevideo in 1973.
Other titles
Torneo de Honor (8): 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948
Campeonato Nocturno Rioplatense: 1938
C. C. Grandes del Rio de la Plata: 1938
Copa Aldao (Copa Rio de la Plata) (3): 1940, 1942, 1946
Torneo Competencia (3): 1942, 1945, 1948
Copa del Atlantico: 1947
Facts
Atilio Ceferino Garcia has a stand in the Estadio Gran Parque Central named in his honour.
On December 8 1940 Garcia scored a record 4 goals in a 5-1 victory over Penarol.
Garcia scored a total of 34 goals against Penarol, a record that may never be surpassed.
Garcia was topscorer in Uruguay in seven consecutive seasons between 1938 and 1944.
Fernando Morena is the only player to have scored more goals than Garcia in the Uruguayan league, with 230.
Garcia is the top scorer in the history of Club Nacional de Football, with 464 goals in 435 games in all competitions.
External links
Biography on the Nacional website
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