Ángel Bossio

Ángel Bossio

Ángel Bossio at the Olympics 1928
Personal information
Date of birth	(1905-05-05)5 May 1905
Place of birth	Argentina
Date of death
Place of death	Avellaneda, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Talleres (RE)
	River Plate
International career
1927–1935	Argentina	21	(0)
Medal record Men's Football 1928 Amsterdam Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and 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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