Rafael Albrecht

Rafael Albrecht

Personal information
Full name	José Rafael Albrecht
Date of birth	(1941-08-23) August 23, 1941
Place of birth	Tucumán, Argentina
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Atlético Tucumán
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957-1960	Atlético Tucumán	?	(?)
1960–1962	Estudiantes	70	(0)
1963–1970	San Lorenzo	229	(56)
1970–1974	Club León	145	(36)
1974–1975	Atlas	62	(3)
International career
1961–1969	Argentina	39	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 2007

José Rafael Albrecht (born August 23, 1941) is a retired Argentine football defender. He represented Argentina at the 1962 and 1966 World Cups.

Career

Albrecht was born in Tucumán. He started his career with Club Atlético Tucumán in 1957. In 1960 he was signed by Estudiantes, where he excelled and, thus, was called to play for the Argentina national team in 1961.

In 1962 he was tranfered to San Lorenzo for 10 million pesos, a huge amount for those days. In San Lorenzo, he was part of two famous teams, the 'Carsucias' in 1964 and the 'Matadores' in 1968. The 'Matadores' team won the 1968 Metropolitano Championship without losing a single game. He played 229 games for the club scoring 56 goals. Most of them were by way of penalties, and today he is still hailed as one of the best penalty takers ever.

In 1970 Albrecht moved to Mexico where he played out his career with Club León where he won two Mexican Cups and two Mexican Supercups, he then played for Atlas until his retirement in 1975.

Albrecht played a total of 506 top flight games in his career, scoring a total of 95 goals, putting him in 7th place on the IFFHS list of top scoring defenders.

Titles

Season	Club	Title
Torneo de la República 1960	Atlético TucumánPrimera División Argentina
Metropolitano 1968	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina
1970–1971	Club León	Campeón de Copa
1970–1971	Club León	Mexican Supercup
1971–1972	Club León	Campeón de Copa

References

• weltfussball profile
• Rafael Albrecht at National-Football-Teams.com