Daniel Onega
{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Daniel Onega
| image = Daniel Onega 1970.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Onega in 1970 while playing for River Plate
| fullname = Daniel Germán Onega
| height =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|3|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Las Parejas, Argentina
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = centre forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = River Plate
| years1 = 1965–1971
| years2 = 1972
| years3 = 1973
| years4 = 1973–1977
| years5 = 1978
| clubs1 = River Plate
| clubs2 = Racing Club
| clubs3 = River Plate
| clubs4 = Córdoba CF
| clubs5 = Millonarios
| caps1 = 207
| caps2 = 41
| caps3 = ?
| caps4 = ?
| caps5 = ?
| goals1 = 87
| goals2 = 9
| goals3 = ?
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 1966–1972
| nationalteam1 = Argentina
| nationalcaps1 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 3
}}
Daniel Onega (born 17 March 1945) is a retired Argentine football player who played most of his career for River Plate. He also played for the Argentina national team between 1966 and 1972. He is the brother of the late midfielder Ermindo Onega.
Onega started his career at River Plate. It was with River Plate that he became the topscorer in the 1966 Copa Libertadores with 17 goals, setting the record for the most goals ever scored in a single season in that tournament, a record that has never been surpassed. He is also the 4th in the all time Copa Libertadores topscorers list with 31 goals in 47 games.[https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copalibtops.html rsssf: Copa Libertadores Top Scorers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031101245/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/copalibtops.html |date=October 31, 2015 }}
In 1972 Onega moved to Racing Club for a season, but he only managed 9 goals and returned to River the following season.
In 1973, he moved to Spain to play for Córdoba CF in the Spanish 2nd division, he stayed with the club until 1978 when he moved to Millonarios in Colombia. It was with Millonarios that he won his first and only league title. At the end of the 1978 season Onega retired from football.
Honours
; River Plate
- Argentine Primera División runner-up: 1966, 1968 Nacional, 1969 Metropolitano, 1969 Nacional, 1970 Metropolitano, 1973 Nacional
; Racing
- Argentine Primera División runner-up: 1972 Metropolitano
; Córdoba C. F.
- Trofeo Ciudad de Córdoba: 1975, 1976, 1977
- Trofeo Feria de Toledo: 1975
; Millonarios
- Categoría Primera A: 1978
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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{{Copa Libertadores top scorers}}
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Category:Argentine men's footballers
Category:Argentina men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Category:Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Category:Millonarios F.C. players
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
Category:People from Belgrano Department, Santa Fe
Category:Footballers from Santa Fe Province
Category:Copa Libertadores top scorers
Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen
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