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{{short description|Argentine footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name = Alberto Zozaya
|image = Albertozozaya.jpg
|caption = 
|fullname = Alberto Máximo Zozaya  
|height = 
|birth_date  = 13 April 1908
|birth_place = [[Urdinarrain, Entre Ríos|Urdinarrain]], Argentina        
|death_date  = 17 February 1981 (Aged 72)
|death_place = [[La Plata]], Argentina
|position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
|youthyears1 = 
|youthclubs1 = 
|years1 = 1930–1939  
|years2 = 1940  
|years3 = 1940
|clubs1 = [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]]  
|clubs2 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]  
|clubs3 = [[Club Atlético Bella Vista|Bella Vista]] 
|caps1 = 181   
|caps2 = 2   
|caps3 = ?  
|goals1 = 144  
|goals2 = 0  
|goals3 = 
|nationalyears1 = 1933–1937
|nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|nationalcaps1 = 9  
|nationalgoals1 = 8 
|manageryears1 = 1945–1949 
|manageryears2 = 1952–1953
|managerclubs1 = [[Estudiantes de La Plata]] 
|managerclubs2 = [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
}}
'''Alberto Maximo Zozaya''' (13 April 1908 – 17 February 1981) was an Argentine [[Association football|football]] [[Striker (association football)|striker]] who played most of his career for [[Estudiantes de La Plata]] and represented the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]].

==Playing career==
Alberto "Don Padilla" Zozaya started his career in the early 1930s with Estudiantes. He was the first player to score a goal in the professional era of Argentine football, which began in 1931.

Zozaya became an integral part of the Estudiantes team of the 1930s nicknamed "Los Profesores" (The Professors). In 1931 he scored 33 goals in the league to become the [[Primera División Argentina topscorers|top scorer in the Primera División Argentina]] and the whole of South America.

In 1937 Zozaya played in the [[South American Championship 1937]] helping Argentina to win the title with a contribution of 5 goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/37safull.html RSSSF South American Championship 1937]</ref>

In 1939 Zozaya moved to [[Racing Club de Avellaneda]] but he only played 2 games before moving to [[Club Atlético Bella Vista|Bella Vista]] in Uruguay but he did not settle there either and retired at the end of the 1940 season.

== Honours ==
===Titles as a player===
;Argentina
*[[Copa América]]: [[South American Championship 1937|1937]]

===Titles as a Manager===
; Estudiantes
* [[Copa General Pedro Ramírez|Copa de la República]]: 1945

=== Individual===
* [[Argentine Primera División]] Top Scorer: [[1931 Argentine Primera División|1931]]

==Managerial career==
After retiring as a player Zozaya went into management, he was manager of Portuguese side [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] from 1952 to 1953. He was also manager of [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia de La Plata]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Argentina squad 1937 South American Championship}}
{{Argentina Primera Division top scorers}}
{{Club Atlético Lanús managers}}
{{Estudiantes de La Plata managers}}
{{S.L. Benfica managers}}

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[[Category:1908 births]]
[[Category:1981 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Entre Ríos Province]]
[[Category:Argentine men's footballers]]
[[Category:Argentina men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Argentine Primera División players]]
[[Category:Estudiantes de La Plata footballers]]
[[Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers]]
[[Category:C.A. Bella Vista players]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay]]
[[Category:Argentine football managers]]
[[Category:Estudiantes de La Plata managers]]
[[Category:S.L. Benfica managers]]
[[Category:Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Portugal]]
[[Category:Copa América–winning players]]
[[Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen]]


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