In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Erico and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Arsenio Erico
Erico covered on El Gráfico in 1934.
Personal information
Full name
Arsenio Pastor Erico Martínez
Date of birth
(1915-03-30)30 March 1915
Place of birth
Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death
23 July 1977(1977-07-23) (aged 62)
Place of death
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)
Striker
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1930–1933
Nacional
14
(17)
1933–1946
Independiente
325
(295)
1942
Nacional
1
(2)
1946–1947
Huracán
7
(0)
1947–1949
Nacional
9
(5)
Total
356
(319)
International career
1933–1934
Paraguay
?
(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Arsenio Pastor Erico Martínez (30 March 1915 – 23 July 1977) was a Paraguayan football striker. He is the all-time highest goalscorer in the Argentine first division with 295 goals.[1] Previously it had been affirmed that Erico's record was 293 goals, sharing the record with Ángel Labruna.[2][3] All the goals in Erico's career in Primera División were scored playing for Independiente. Erico is also considered the best Paraguayan footballer of all time and for some is the best player in history, including Alfredo Di Stéfano.[4] A striker noted for his technique, finishing and aerial ability, Erico was regarded one of the finest players of the 1930s and one of greatest players to have played in the Argentinean league.[5]
^"Arsenio Erico, un paraguayo cuya dimensión futbolística pervive en el tiempo" [Arsenio Erico, a Paraguayan whose football dimension survives over time] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^"Un club que construyó una historia notable y se volvió Rey de Copas", Clarín, 16 June 2013
^"El último adversario", La Nación, 11 Marc 2009
^"Arsenio Erico: Un jugador glorioso del fútbol paraguayo"[permanent dead link] on ABC
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