Carlos Babington

{{short description|Argentine footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Carlos Babington

| image = Carlos Babington.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Carlos Babington at the Argentine training camp during the 1974 FIFA World Cup

| fullname = Carlos Alberto Babington

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|9|20}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| position = Attacking Midfielder

| years1 = 1969–1974 | clubs1 = Huracán | caps1 = 190 | goals1 = 81

| years2 = 1974–1978 | clubs2 = SG Wattenscheid 09 | caps2 = 120 | goals2 = 46

| years3 = 1979–1982 | clubs3 = Huracán | caps3 = 115 | goals3 = 45

| years4 = 1982 | clubs4 = Tampa Bay Rowdies | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 3

| years5 = 1983 | clubs5 = Atlético Junior | caps5 = 34 | goals5 = 26

| nationalyears1 = 1973–1974 | nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 2

}}

Carlos Alberto Babington (born 20 September 1949) is an Argentine former football attacking midfielder. He represented the Argentina national team at the 1974 World Cup.

Biography

File:Babington huracan.jpg

Babington (nicknamed "El Inglés" – The Englishman) was born in Buenos Aires. His grandfather was Colville Burroughs Babington, who moved to Argentina and married Laureana Carro in 1889. His great-grandfather, Benjamin, was the son of Benjamin Guy Babington and grandson of William Babington who has a statue in St. Paul's Cathedral.{{cite web | url=http://www.wrightanddavis.co.uk/GD/BABINGTONANNAM.htm | title=Anna Mary Babington was initiated into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn during 1893 at its Isis-Urania temple in London }}

He started his career as footballer at Club Atlético Huracán in 1969. With Huracán, Babington was part of the team that won the 1973 Metropolitano. Managed by César Menotti, that squad is widely regarded as one of the best Argentine teams ever, with Babington being a key player along with René Houseman, Miguel Brindisi and Omar Larrosa.[http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/2008/01/16/C-1003-huracan-73.php Huracán 73] on El Gráfico, 2008[https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol-hecho-fantasia_0_B1DWWZNe0Yg.html El fútbol hecho fantasía], Clarín, 7 Sep 2002

In 1974, he was transferred to the German team SG Wattenscheid 09,{{cite web|url=http://www.fussballportal.de/index.php?kat=44&liga_id=20&saison_lfd=7&spieler_id=14899|publisher=Fussballportal.de|title=Carlos Babington|accessdate=14 November 2008|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728232655/http://www.fussballportal.de/index.php?kat=44|archive-date=28 July 2007|url-status=dead}} though he had also considered an offer from Stoke City due to his English ancestry.

Babington returned to Huracán in 1979 and played for the club until 1982, when he moved to Florida, United States, to play for the Tampa Bay Rowdies. In 1983, he played for Atlético Junior of Barranquilla, Colombia where he ended his career due to personal matters. He retired from football later that year.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}

Babington scored 126 goals for Huracán in his eight years with the club.{{cite web | url = http://argentinadeportiva.blogspot.com/2007/09/carlos-babington.html | title = Carlos Babington... | publisher = Argentina Deportiva | language = Spanish | accessdate = 26 February 2012 | first = Tony | last = Zas | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170923/http://argentinadeportiva.blogspot.com/2007/09/carlos-babington.html | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}

=Managerial career=

As manager, he coached Platense, Banfield, Racing, River Plate, León Fútbol Club (Mexico), Chacarita Juniors and Huracán. As Huracán manager, he won two Second Division champinsohips in 1990 and 2000, helping Huracán to return to Primera División.

In 2006 Babington was elected as Huracán's president. Under his administration, the team achieved another promotion to Primera División, remaining in the top division until the 2010–11 season when Huracán would be relegated again.

Babington and Daniel Passarella (of River Plate) are the only people to have been player, manager and president of a single football club in Argentina.[http://arogeraldes.blogspot.com.ar/2015/06/jugador-tecnico-presidente.html Jugador, técnico y presidente] by Pablo Aro Geraldes

Honours

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