Atilio Ceferino García PérezAtilio García, el goleador juninense que en Uruguay fue Gardel by Waldemar Iglesias on Semanario de Junín (26 August 1914 – 12 December 1973) was an Argentine-born Uruguayan naturalized footballer who played as a forward.
García is the top goal scorer in the history of Uruguayan football with 466 goals with 330 scored in official tournaments within 329 matches.El pase de Atilio García: el hombre que hizo historia en Nacional y al que los hinchas le compraron una casa on ESPN.com.ar, 12 Jan 2023 and the second highest goal scorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera División with 208 goals scored in 210 matches, which also converted him in to the top goal scorer of the Uruguayan championship playing for the same club. He is also the top scorer in the history of Uruguayan Clásico with 35 goals. He played for Nacional between 1938 and 1951.
García also has the record of being top scorer in most Uruguayan Primera División seasons, with 8 (7 of them consecutively).Los grandes récords del fútbol uruguayo by Luis Prats on El País, 16 Feb 2019Uruguay - League Top Scorers by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF
Career García started his careera at Club Atlético Moreno, then joining to Platense after a suggestion from Raúl Pajoni, a prominent player of El Calamar for those years. García played in Platense from 1931 to 1936, scoring 12 goals in 23 matches. Due to his good performances in reserve matches, Boca Juniors hired him for the 1937 season, although García only played 7 matches for Boca Juniors, scoring 6 goals. It would be his last Argentine team before joining Nacional.
With Nacional he set a number of national records, including; Most topscorer awards, most consecutive top scorer awards, most goals against C.A. Peñarol and the most goals against Peñarol in a single game. During his time at Nacional the club won 25 titles, including eight championships. García 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.
García continued to live in Uruguay after his retirement in 1953. He died in Montevideo in 1973.
Career statistics International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsUruguay194555Total55
Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each García goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Atilio GarcíaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 24 January 1945 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile 1–0 5–1 1945 South American Championship2 3–13 5–14 28 January 1945 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile 1–0 7–05 7–0
Honours
Primera División (8): 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950 Torneo de Honor (8): 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948 Campeonato Nocturno Rioplatense (1): 1938 C. C. Grandes del Río de la Plata (1): 1938 Copa Aldao (3): 1940, 1942, 1946 Torneo Competencia (3): 1942, 1945, 1948 Copa del Atlántico (1): 1947
Top scorer statistics SeasonClubGoals1938 Nacional 201939 Nacional 22 1940 Nacional 181941 Nacional 23 1942 Nacional 191943 Nacional 18 1944 Nacional 211946 Nacional 21
Facts Atilio Ceferino García has a stand in the Estadio Gran Parque Central named in his honour. On 8 December 1940 García scored a record 4 goals in a 5–1 victory over Peñarol. García scored a total of 35 goals against Peñarol, a record that may never be surpassed. García was topscorer in Uruguay in seven consecutive seasons between 1938 and 1944. Fernando Morena is the only player to have scored more goals than García in the Uruguayan league, with 230. García is the top scorer in the history of Club Nacional de Football, with 464 goals in 435 games in all competitions.
References
External links
Biography on the Nacional website