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{{short description|Argentine footballer (1926–2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Raffo|Vallaco|lang=Spanish}} 
{{Infobox football biography
 | name = Carlos Alberto Raffo
 | image = 
 | fullname = Carlos Alberto Raffo  Vallaco 
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 | birth_date  = {{birth date|1926|4|10|df=y}}         
 | birth_place = [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]
| death_date={{death date and age|2013|9|18|1926|4|10|df=y}}
| death_place=Guayaquil, Ecuador 
 | currentclub  = 
 | clubnumber = 
 | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
 | youthyears1 = 
 | youthclubs1 = [[Club Atlético Platense|Platense]]
 |  years1 = 1940–1952  
| years2 = 1952–1954  
| years3 = 1954–1963  
| years4 = 1964  
| years5 = 1965 
 |  clubs1 = [[Club Atlético Platense|Platense]]  
| clubs2 = [[Deportivo Quito|Argentina de Quito]]  
| clubs3 = [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]  
| clubs4 = [[Club Deportivo Everest|Everest]]  
| clubs5 = [[Club 9 de Octubre|9 de Octubre]] 
| caps1 =    
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| goals1 =   
| goals2 =   
| goals3 = 132  
| goals4 = 6  
| goals5 = 7 
 | nationalyears1 = 1959–1963
 | nationalteam1 = [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]
 | nationalcaps1 = 13  
| nationalgoals1 = 10 
 | pcupdate = March 2008
}}
'''Carlos Alberto Raffo''' (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine [[association football|football]] striker who played international football for [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in [[Guayaquil]], Ecuador, aged 87.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101564873 | title=Show – Diario la Hora }}</ref>

==Club career==
Born in [[Buenos Aires]], Raffo started his playing career with [[Club Atlético Platense]] in Argentina. In 1952 he moved to [[Ecuador]] to play for [[Deportivo Quito|Argentina de Quito]] (now Deportivo Quito). In 1954 he joined [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] where he would play many seasons, scoring 132 goals. In his later years he played for [[Club Deportivo Everest|Everest]] and [[Club 9 de Octubre|9 de Octubre]].

Raffo is considered to be one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of the Ecuadorian football, but the precise number of goals he scored will probably never be known, due to poor record keeping in the early 1950s.{{According to whom|date=March 2021}}

==International career==
Raffo played international football for Ecuador between 1959 and 1963, he scored 10 goals in 13 games for his adoptive country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ecuador - International Appearances by Player |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ecua-recintlp.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> He was the top scorer in the [[Copa América]] in [[South American Championship 1963|1963]]. He is the only Ecuador player ever to achieve this feat to date.

==Honours==
{| class="wikitable"
!Season
!Team
!Title
|-
|1956||[[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]|| Copa Guayaquil
|-
|1957||[[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]|| [[Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol|Campeonato Ecuatoriano]]
|-
|1957||[[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]|| Copa Guayaquil
|-
|1961||[[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]|| [[Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol|Campeonato Ecuatoriano]]
|-
|1962||[[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]|| Copa Guayaquil
|-
|}

*Topscorer in [[Copa América]] in [[South American Championship 1963|1963]]: 6 goals
*Topscorer in [[Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol|Campeonato Ecuatoriano]] 1963

==References==
{{More citations needed|date=May 2009}}
{{reflist}}

{{Copa America top scorers}}
{{Ecuador squad 1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)}}
{{Ecuador squad 1963 South American Championship}}
{{C.D. Cuenca managers}}

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[[Category:1926 births]]
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[[Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires]]
[[Category:Argentine emigrants to Ecuador]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Argentine men's footballers]]
[[Category:Ecuadorian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Ecuadorian Serie A players]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Platense footballers]]
[[Category:S.D. Quito footballers]]
[[Category:C.S. Emelec footballers]]
[[Category:C.D. Everest footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador]]
[[Category:Ecuador men's international footballers]]
[[Category:C.D. Cuenca managers]]
[[Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen]]