Claudio Vacca

Claudio Vacca (October 24, 1915 - January 28, 1995) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played most of his career at Boca Juniors during 12 years and winning 6 titles.[1] Due to his agility, good performances and long-term stay in the team, he is regarded as one of the Boca Juniors' key players in the 1940s.[2][3]

Claudio Vacca
Vacca pictured in 1946
Personal information
Full name Claudio Vacca
Date of birth (1915-10-24)October 24, 1915
Date of death January 27, 1995(1995-01-27) (aged 79)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–38 Huracán (0)
1938–50 Boca Juniors 335 (0)
Defensor Sporting (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Having started his career in Huracán,[4] in 1938 Vacca went to Boca Juniors after the departure of Juan Yustrich who had been sold to Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata due to a legal conflict with the club managers. Vacca was acquired along with the other Huracán goalkeeper, Juan Estrada, who was chosen by the coach for the starting the line-up leaving Vacca as the substitute goalkeeper. Nevertheless, Vacca was part of the team in some matches, most of them, friendly games. His official debut was in the 1938 league v San Lorenzo de Almagro, on 7 Aug.[1]

In 1943, after a failed performance of Estrada, Vacca had the opportunity to play in the starting line-up, which him would never leave until he finished his tenure in Boca Juniors in 1950.[5]

Apart from winning 6 titles with Boca Juniors, Vacca also played for the Argentina national football team 7 times, receiving 12 goals. His debut with the national team was on December 16, 1945 facing Brazil, a match that Argentina won 4-3.[1] Vacca's last game with Boca Juniors was on August 6, 1950, v Banfield.[2] Vacca later continued his career in the Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting, where he retired from football in 1951.

After his retirement, Vacca returned to Boca Juniors to become executive of the club in 1954, and then coach of the team in 1959.[1] He died in Buenos Aires on January 28, 1995.[2]

Titles

Club
Boca Juniors

National team
Argentina

References
  1. Claudio Vacca, complete list of matches played on Historia de Boca website
  2. Hace 20 años moría Claudio Vacca, símbolo del arco de Boca en los ’40 on DeporTV, 28 Jan 2015
  3. Fútbol argentino: los grandes del arco on Clarín, 13 Jan 2001
  4. Vacca biography on Globopedia
  5. Biography on Informe Xeneize (archived, 8 Apr 2018)
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