Hugo Gottfrit

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| name = Hugo Gottfrit

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| fullname = Hugo Marcelino Gottfrit

| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|1|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Darregueira, Buenos Aires, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|16|1951|1|9|df=y}}

| death_place = La Plata, Argentina

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| position = Central defender

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1970–1976 | clubs1 = Gimnasia La Plata | caps1 = 225 | goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1976–1978 | clubs2 = Atlético Potosino | caps2 = 69 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1978–1980 | clubs3 = Atlante | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1981 | clubs4 = Gimnasia La Plata | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

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Hugo Marcelino Gottfrit (9 January 1951 – 16 May 2012){{cite web|publisher=El Dia|title=Dolor por la muerte de Gottfrit|trans-title=Sad over the dead of Gottfrit|url=http://www.eldia.com.ar/edis/20120517/dolor-muerte-gottfrit-deportes27.htm|language=Spanish|date=17 May 2012}} was an Argentine football defender who played in the Argentine Primera División and Liga MX México Primera División.

Career

Born in Darregueira, Buenos Aires, Gottfrit began playing football with local side Darregueira F.C. He began his professional career with Argentine first division club Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, and he would captain the club during the 1975 season.{{cite web|publisher=Clarin.com|title=La Brujita nació en un clásico|url=http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2003/10/04/d-05801.htm|language=Spanish|date=4 October 2003|access-date=19 October 2010|archive-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721071838/http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2003/10/04/d-05801.htm|url-status=dead}} In 1976, Gottfrit joined Primera División side Atlético Potosino.{{cite web|publisher=El Sol de San Luis|title=Julio Morales "El Pestañas" un ex futbolista triunfador|trans-title=Julio Morales "The Tabs" is former champion footballer|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1044019.htm|language=Spanish|date=12 February 2009|access-date=15 August 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113853/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1044019.htm|url-status=dead}} He would spend the next five seasons in Mexico, joining Atlante F.C. after two seasons with Potosino. In 1981, Gottfrit returned to Gimnasia La Plata where he would finish his career in the second division.[http://www.gelp.org/hist80s.php Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata; Participación en el Futbol Profesional: 1981-1990]

He played for Argentina at the youth level in 1973.{{cite web|publisher=Deportes Terra|title=Muere ex defensor del `Lobo` en la decada del `70|trans-title=Former 'Wolf' defender from the 1970s died|url=http://deportes.terra.com.ar/futbol/muere-ex-defensor-del-lobo-en-la-decada-del-70,640de8c612857310VgnVCM10000098cceb0aRCRD.html|language=Spanish|date=16 May 2012}}

Personal

On 16 May 2012, Gottfrit died after being in the hospital for several days at age 61.{{cite web|publisher=Diario El Hoy|title=Hondo pesar por el fallecimiento de Hugo Gottfrit|url=http://www.diariohoy.net/accion-verNota-id-190204-fecha-2012.05.17|language=Spanish|date=17 May 2012|access-date=15 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203110451/http://diariohoy.net/accion-verNota-id-190204-fecha-2012.05.17|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead}}

References

External links

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Category:1951 births

Category:2012 deaths

Category:Argentine men's footballers

Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers

Category:Argentine Primera División players

Category:Liga MX players

Category:Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers

Category:San Luis F.C. players

Category:Atlante F.C. footballers

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico

Category:Men's association football central defenders

Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires Province

Category:Argentine people of Volga German descent

Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen