Ángel Bossio

Ángel Bossio

Ángel Bossio at the Olympics 1928
Personal information
Date of birth	5 May 1905
Place of birth	Argentina
Date of death	31 August 1978 (aged 73)
Place of death	Avellaneda, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Talleres (RE)
	River Plate
National team
1927–1935	Argentina	21	(0)
Honours Men's Football 1928 Amsterdam Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ángel Bossio (5 May 1905 – 31 August 1978) was an Argentine football (soccer) player who competed in the 1928 Olympic games. He was called "La maravilla elástica" ("The elastic wonder").

He was a member of the Argentine team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament.

He also participated in the first ever World Cup in 1930, where Argentina again finished second behind Uruguay. He played for Argentina 21 times between 1927 and 1935.

Bossio played for Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in the 1920s before joining River Plate after the professionalisation of Argentine football in 1931.

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