Roberto Alfredo Perfumo (born 3 October 1942) is a former Argentine

Argentina

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 footballer.

Club career

El Mariscal won the Intercontinental Cup

Intercontinental Cup (football)

The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...

 with Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

 in 1967, as well as two Argentine leagues

Primera División Argentina

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, and three with River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

.

International career

Perfumo made 37 appearances for the Argentina national team

Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...

 between 1964 and 1974. His international debut came in May 1964 in Lima

Lima

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 in a selection game for the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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.

Coaching career

He had little success as coach, starting with Sarmiento de Junín

Club Atlético Sarmiento

Club Atlético Sarmiento is a sports club from the city of Junín in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The football currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association....

 in 1981. He also coached Racing in 1991, and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata in 1993. Then he coached a few teams from elsewhere in South America

South America

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, most importantly Club Olimpia

Olimpia Asunción

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 from Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

, with whom he obtained the local league.

Media analyst

Perfumo is now a match summarizer on Argentine Public Television's coverage of league games, 'Fútbol Para Todos'.

Racing Club

• Primera División
  Primera División Argentina
  The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
  
   Champions 1966
• Copa Libertadores 1967
• Intercontinental Cup
  Intercontinental Cup (football)
  The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
  
   1967

River Plate

• Torneo Metropolitano
  Primera División Argentina
  The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
  
   1975, 1977
• Torneo Nacional
  Primera División Argentina
  The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
  
   1975

External links

Futbol Factory profile (Archived)