{{Short description|Argentine footballer and sports commentator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Roberto Perfumo |image = Perfumo 1969.jpeg |image_size = 200 |caption = Perfumo in 1969 |fullname = Roberto Alfredo Perfumo |height = 1.79 m |birth_date = {{birth date|1942|10|3|df=y}} |birth_place = Sarandí, Argentina |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|3|10|1942|10|3|df=y}} |death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina |currentclub = |clubnumber = |position = Defender |youthyears1= 1960–1961 |youthclubs1= River Plate |years1 = 1962–1970 | years2 = 1971–1974 | years3 = 1975–1978 |clubs1 = Racing Club | clubs2 = Cruzeiro | clubs3 = River Plate |caps1 = 207 | goals1 = 14 | caps2 = 141 | goals2 = 6 | caps3 = 110 | goals3 = 4 |totalcaps = 458 | totalgoals = 24 |nationalyears1 = 1964–1974 |nationalteam1 = Argentina |nationalcaps1 = 37 |nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Roberto Alfredo Perfumo''' (3 October 1942 – 10 March 2016) was an Argentine footballer and sports commentator. Nicknamed ''El Mariscal'', Perfumo is considered one of the best Argentine defenders ever.<ref name=dead1>[http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1878458-murio-roberto-perfumo "Murió Roberto Perfumo, el mariscal del fútbol argentino"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311065722/http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1878458-murio-roberto-perfumo |date=11 March 2016 }}, ''La Nación'', 10 March 2016</ref><ref name=dead2>[http://m.rosario3.com/mobile/noticia.html?nota=/contenidos/2016/03/10/noticia_0010.html "Murió Roberto Perfumo, leyenda del fútbol argentino"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311190626/http://m.rosario3.com/mobile/noticia.html?nota=%2Fcontenidos%2F2016%2F03%2F10%2Fnoticia_0010.html |date=11 March 2016 }}, Rosario3.com</ref> At club level, Perfumo played for Racing, River Plate and Brazilian team Cruzeiro. With the national team, he played the 1966 and 1974 World Cups.
==Biography== [[File:Roberto Perfumo 1975.jpg|thumb|left|180px|''El Mariscal'' Perfumo in River Plate (1975)]] [[File:Perfumo cruyff 1974.jpg|thumb|250px|Perfumo with Johan Cruyff at the 1974 FIFA World Cup]] Perfumo was born in Sarandí and his first approach to football was to play in his neighborhood team, named "Pulqui". In 1960 he debuted at the 5th. division of River Plate. Perfumo then became player of Racing Club, where he debuted in January 1964 in a friendly match against Flamengo played at Santiago, Chile.
Perfumo's first position at the field was midfielder but he began to play as right back in the Racing reserve team. He debuted in Primera División promoted by Néstor Rossi during a match against Ferro Carril Oeste. Playing with Racing Club Perfumo was regarded as one of the best Argentine defenders, winning the Primera title, the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup. In all those tournaments Perfumo was praised by media and fans as the most notable player of Racing Club.<ref>[http://www.racingclub.com.ar/idolos/roberto-perfumo/ "Idolos: Roberto Perfumo" at Racing Club official site]</ref>
After retirement, he worked as a football commentator for ESPN and for TV Pública show ''Fútbol para todos''.
Perfumo died at 73 from a skull injury after falling from a stairway while dining with fellow journalists at a Buenos Aires restaurant in the neighbourhood of Puerto Madero, on 10 March 2016.<ref name=dead1/><ref name=dead2/>
==Honours==
=== Player ===
;Racing Club *Primera División (2): 1961, 1966 *Copa Libertadores (1): 1967 *Intercontinental Cup (1): 1967 *Intercontinental Champions' Supercup runner-up: 1969
;Cruzeiro *Campeonato Mineiro (3): 1972, 1973, 1974 *Campeonato Brasileiro runner-up: 1974
;River Plate *Primera División (3): 1975 Metropolitano, 1975 Nacional, 1977 Metropolitano *Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1976
;Argentina *CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 1964
=== Manager ===
;Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata * Copa Centenario (1): 1993
=== Individual === *Diario La Nación 25 Argentinian Heroes: 1998 *Martín Fierro Awards Best Sports Journalism: 2009 *Clarín Awards Greatest Argentinian Central Defenders of All times: 2013 *AFA Team of All Time (published 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=La Selección de Todos los Tiempos |trans-title=The Team of All Time |publisher=Argentine Football Association |language=es |date=4 January 2016 |url=http://www.afa.com.ar/3023/la-seleccion-de-todos-los-tiempos |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814210638/http://www.afa.com.ar/3023/la-seleccion-de-todos-los-tiempos |archive-date=14 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team: 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1239|title=IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM|date=26 August 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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{{Argentina football squad 1964 Summer Olympics}} {{Argentina Squad 1966 World Cup}} {{Argentina Squad 1974 World Cup}} {{Racing Club managers}} {{Club Olimpia managers}} {{Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata managers}} {{Authority control}}
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