The player was One of the two top scorers of the First Division of his time. Even as a Millionaire coach, he managed to be part of the history of the Argentine club and football.
An indelible brand in Argentine football: Ángel Labruna’s career
Known as the ugly, its story with River deserves a separate analysis. It is the Third player with more presences in the history of the club and the one who has represented River the most in his life. 541 games with the red band on and already in a suit but directing it, added 528. Those 1069 appearances reflect the love that he felt for the club and the institution for him.
In the Millionaire, he scored 317 goals between local and international tournaments. But in Argentine football it is, together with Arsenio Erico de Independiente, the top historical scorer. In addition to the historic red band that crossed his chest, played in Rangers de Chile and a single game in Rampla Juniors in Uruguay, as well as with the Argentine team shirt.
As a player he got a total of 16 titlesto which we must add six others in his role as technical director. He debuted on June 18, 1931 in a defeat against students and his last game was also a defeat against San Lorenzo, on October 12, 1959.
Its end was news that shook the country. Hospitalized by a gallbladder operation, He was next to Ubaldo Fillolwho went to visit it. Together they were about to walk through the sanatorium, But Angelito fell into his friend’s arms after suffering a cardiac arrest A September 19, 1983.
His love for River: an unparalleled fanaticism
While today there is not so much film material about Ángel Labruna, there are statements that make it clear that his greatest love was River. Even for his son Omar, who was also a player and today is a technical director. Like his father, he is also a fan of Núñez.
“Already directing other rivals, he came home and said: ‘How did River come out?’ He had the band painted in his body. His life was always River”, Recalls the heir of the top scorer in the history of Argentine football. And this is one of many anecdotes that make it clear that for the ugly, it was not a simple soccer club: it was his house.
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