{{short description|Argentine association football player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alberto Marcovecchio | image = Alberto marcovecchio foto.jpg | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio | birth_date = {{birth date|1893|3|6}} | birth_place = Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina | death_date = {{death date and age|1958|2|28|1893|3|6}} | death_place = Lanús, Argentina | height = | position = Forward | youthclubs1 = Porteño | youthyears2 = 1910–1912 | youthclubs2 = Racing Club | years1 = 1912–1922 | clubs1 = Racing Club | caps1 = 169 | goals1 = 118 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1912–1919 | nationalteam1 = Argentina | nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 7 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|Argentina}}}} {{Medal|Competition|South American Championship}} {{Medal|RU|1916 Argentina}} }} '''Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio''' (March 6, 1893 – February 28, 1958) was an Argentine football player that spent all his career at Racing Club de Avellaneda. He played as a forward.<ref name=":0" />
He was part of the outstanding Racing Club squad that won 8 titles between 1913 and 1921, 7 of them consecutively.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Uzquiz |first=Pedro |date=21 July 2001 |title=Una Academia de fútbol |url=http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2001/07/21/d-01101.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011072759/http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2001/07/21/d-01101.htm |archive-date=11 October 2012 |access-date=11 October 2012 |website=Clarín}}</ref>
Between 1913 and 1922, he scored 118 goals in the Argentine Primera División,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ciullini |first=Paolo |date=14 October 2021 |title=Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio – Goals in Argentina League |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/marcovecchiodata.html |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=RSSSF}}</ref> finishing as the top scorer in 1917 and 1919.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=27 February 2016 |title=Ídolos académicos: Alberto Marcovecchio, el de la sed goleadora |url=https://www.racingclub.com.ar/efemerides/nota/2016/02/5345_idolos-academicos-alberto-marcovecchio-el-de-la-sed-goleadora/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118060605/https://www.racingclub.com.ar/efemerides/nota/2016/02/5345_idolos-academicos-alberto-marcovecchio-el-de-la-sed-goleadora |archive-date=18 January 2025 |access-date=6 February 2025 |website=Racing Club - Sitio Oficial |language=es}}</ref> Throughout his career, he scored scored 287 goals in official matches.<ref name=":0" />
== Club career == thumb|left|150px|Marcovecchio (left) with Mario Boyé in a seniors match in 1949 After playing for a minor team of his neighborhood (Porteño),<ref name=":0" /> Marcovecchio started his youth career at Racing in 1910.<ref name="idolos">{{Cite web |title=Ídolos: Alberto Andrés Marcovecchio |url=https://www.racingclub.com.ar/idolos/alberto-marcovecchio/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302124541/https://www.racingclub.com.ar/idolos/alberto-marcovecchio/ |archive-date=2 March 2024 |access-date=8 February 2025 |website=Racing Club - Sitio Oficial |language=es}}</ref> Two years later he was promoted to the Primera División, starting a career that led him to win 20 trophies with the club.<ref name="idolos" />
In 1917, Marchovecchio was the season's top scorer with 18 goals in 20 games.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castro Serna |first=Emmanuel |date=15 January 2025 |title=Argentina - List of Topscorers |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argtops.html |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=RSSSF}}</ref> In 1921, he won his last title with Racing Club before leaving football due to an injury.<ref name=":0" />
== International career ==
With the Argentina national team, Marcovecchio played 12 games, making his debut in December 1912 against Uruguay.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Alberto Marcovecchio » Internationals |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe170684/alberto-marcovecchio/international-matches/ |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=WorldFootball.net}}</ref> He was called up for the 1916 South American Championship and debuted against Chile, scoring two goals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alberto Marcovecchio » Copa América 1916 Argentina |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe170684/alberto-marcovecchio/ |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=WorldFootball.net}}</ref> His international career ended in 1919,<ref name=":1" /> when he represented Argentina in the Newton and Lipton Cups.
==Honours==
===Club=== ;Racing Source:<ref name=":0" /> * Primera División (8): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921 * Copa de Honor MCBA (4): 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917 * Copa Ibarguren (5): 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918 * Copa de Honor Cousenier: 1913 * Copa Aldao (2): 1917, 1918
===Individual=== * Primera División top scorer: 1917,<ref name=":0" /> 1919<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{commons category}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}}
{{Argentine Primera División top scorers}} {{Argentina squad 1916 South American Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcovecchio, Alberto}} Category:1893 births Category:1958 deaths Category:Argentine men's footballers Category:Argentina men's international footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Argentine Primera División players Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Category:Footballers from Avellaneda