Hugo Gottfrit

Hugo Gottfrit
Personal information
Full name Hugo Marcelino Gottfrit
Date of birth (1951-01-09)9 January 1951
Place of birth Darregueira, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 16 May 2012(2012-05-16) (aged 61)
Place of death La Plata, Argentina
Playing position Central defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1970–1976 Gimnasia La Plata 225 (5)
1976–1978 Atlético Potosino 69 (2)
1978–1980 Atlante 29 (0)
1981 Gimnasia La Plata 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Hugo Marcelino Gottfrit (9 January 1951 – 16 May 2012)[1] was an Argentine football defender who played in the Argentine Primera División and Liga MX México Primera División.

Career

Born in Darregueira, Buenos Aires, Gottfrit began playing football with local side Darregueira F.C. He began his professional career with Argentine first division club Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, and he would captain the club during the 1975 season.[2] In 1976, Gottfrit joined Primera División side Atlético Potosino.[3] He would spend the next five seasons in Mexico, joining Atlante F.C. after two seasons with Potosino. In 1981, Gottfrit returned to Gimnasia La Plata where he would finish his career in the second division.[4]

He played for Argentina at the youth level in 1973.[5]

Personal

On 16 May 2012, Gottfrit died after being in the hospital for several days at age 61.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Dolor por la muerte de Gottfrit" [Sad over the dead of Gottfrit] (in Spanish). El Dia. 17 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "La Brujita nació en un clásico" (in Spanish). Clarin.com. 4 October 2003.
  3. ↑ "Julio Morales "El Pestañas" un ex futbolista triunfador" [Julio Morales "The Tabs" is former champion footballer] (in Spanish). El Sol de San Luis. 12 February 2009.
  4. ↑ Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata; Participación en el Futbol Profesional: 1981-1990
  5. ↑ "Muere ex defensor del `Lobo` en la decada del `70" [Former 'Wolf' defender from the 1970s died] (in Spanish). Deportes Terra. 16 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Hondo pesar por el fallecimiento de Hugo Gottfrit" (in Spanish). Diario El Hoy. 17 May 2012.

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