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{{Short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ángel Bossio
| fullname = Ángel Luis Bossio
| image = AngelBossio-2.jpg
| caption = Bossio at the [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Olympic games]]
| height = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|05|05}}
| birth_place = [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|8|31|1905|05|05}}
| death_place = [[Avellaneda]], [[Argentina]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1927–32
| clubs1 = [[Talleres de Remedios de Escalada|Talleres]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1933–36
| clubs2 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| caps2 = 106
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1937–38
| clubs3 = [[Talleres de Remedios de Escalada|Talleres]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1927–1935
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 21
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1959
| managerclubs1 = [[Talleres de Remedios de Escalada|Talleres]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1927 South American Championship|1927 Peru]]|[[1927 South American Championship squads#Argentina|Team]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1929 South American Championship|1929 Argentina]]|[[1929 South American Championship squads#Argentina|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Runnerup|[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 Uruguay]]|[[1930 FIFA World Cup squads#Argentina|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]] | [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}

'''Ángel Luis Bossio''' (5 May 1905 – 31 August 1978) was an Argentine [[association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He was called "La maravilla elástica" ("The elastic wonder") due to his agility.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afa.com.ar/Sitio/posts/angel-bossio-la-maravilla-elastica |title=Ángel Bossio, la 'maravilla elástica' |trans-title=Ángel Bossio, the 'elastic wonder' |date=31 August 2018 |publisher=Asociación del Fútbol Argentino |access-date=28 June 2024 |language=Spanish}}</ref> Bossio was a member of the Argentine team that took part of the [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Olympic games]] and won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23908 |title=Ángel Bossio |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>

He also participated in the first ever [[1930 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] in 1930, where Argentina again finished second behind [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]. He played for Argentina 21 times between 1927 and 1935. At club level, Bossio played for [[Talleres de Remedios de Escalada]] in the 1920s before joining [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] after the professionalisation of Argentine football in 1931. In 1959, he managed the first team of Talleres de Remedios de Escalada.

==Honours==
; River Plate
* [[Argentine Primera División]]: [[1936 Argentine Primera División|1936 Copa Campeonato]], [[1936 Argentine Primera División|1936 Copa de Oro]]

; Argentina
* [[Copa América]]: [[1927 South American Championship|1927]], [[1929 South American Championship|1929]]
* [[Football at the Summer Olympics#Results|Summer Olympics]] Silver Medal: [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]
* [[FIFA World Cup]] runner-up: [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Angel Bossio}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121012115505/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOSIOANG01 Bossio profile]

{{Argentina squad 1927 South American Championship}}
{{Argentina football squad 1928 Summer Olympics}}
{{Argentina squad 1929 South American Championship}}
{{Argentina squad 1930 FIFA World Cup}}
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[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1930 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1978 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Avellaneda]]
[[Category:Argentine men's footballers]]
[[Category:Talleres de Remedios de Escalada footballers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético River Plate footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Argentina]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Argentina]]
[[Category:Argentina men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in football]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen]]


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