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{{Short description|Dutch footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                 = Ergilio Hato
| image                =
| caption              =
| fullname             = Ergilio Pedro Hato
| birth_date           = {{birth date|1926|11|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place          = [[Willemstad]], [[Curacao]]
| death_date           = {{Death date and age|2003|12|18|1926|11|7|df=yes}}
| death_place          = [[Willemstad]], [[Curacao]]
| height               = {{convert|1.78|m|abbr=on}}
| position             = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub          =
| clubnumber           =
| youthyears1          =
| youthclubs1          = [[CRKSV Jong Holland]]
| years1               = 1943–1959
| clubs1               = [[CRKSV Jong Holland]]
| caps1                = 101
| goals1               = 5
| nationalyears1       = 1944–1955
| nationalyears2       =
| nationalteam1        =  [[Curaçao national football team (1921–1958)|Territory of Curaçao]]
| nationalteam2        =
| nationalcaps1        = 35
| nationalcaps2        =
| nationalgoals1       = 5
| nationalgoals2       =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{flag|Territory of Curaçao}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1946 Central American and Caribbean Games|1946 Barranquilla]] | [[Football at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games|Team Competition]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|1950 Guatemala]] | [[Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|Team Competition]]}}
}}
'''Ergilio Pedro Hato''' (7 November 1926 – 18 December 2013), also known as Pantera Negra (Black Panther), was a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] from [[Curaçao]] in the former [[Netherlands Antilles]]. He was well known in the Caribbean and his reputation achieved beyond the boundaries of the region. He received offers to large teams including [[Ajax Amsterdam]], [[Feyenoord Rotterdam]] and [[Real Madrid Club de Fútbol]]. However, he turned down the offers because he chose not to play professionally.

==History==
His mother's last name was Hatot, but the Civil Registry couldn't place the name, so they decided to spell Ergilio's last name “Hato”. Hato was always an avid soccer player. Back in the day, school yards were set up as soccer fields and monks encouraged playing before school, during breaks, and after school. Hato (19 in 1945) would have been drafted for military service had the Curaçao Soccer Federation not hosted a large international competition with teams from [[Colombia]], [[Aruba]], [[Suriname]] and the [[Netherlands]] [[Feyenoord]] in 1945. Curaçao's “Dream Team” delivered a clean sweep. [[Feyenoord]] came in second. A huge disappointment for the Dutch, and a testament to Curaçao's innate talent despite its small size and limited resources.

Hato became known as the best goalkeeper in Latin America and the Caribbean. He took the Netherlands Antilles team to the Olympics in 1952 (they lost against Turkey)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23878 |title=Ergilio Hato |work=Olympedia |access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref> and led Curaçao's team to a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 1955. Hato's international notoriety awarded him several lucrative offers to play professional soccer internationally, rejecting offers from teams from South America and Europe including [[Real Madrid]], [[AFC Ajax]] and [[Feyenoord]]. He pursued a career at the [[ALM Antillean Airlines]], raised a family,  and played in his local club, [[CRKSV Jong Holland]].

He lived up to his many nicknames on the field: Pantera Negra (Black Panther), Vliegende Vogel (Flying Bird) and Man van Elastiek (Elastic Man).

==Footnotes==
The Dutch publishers SWP have released a book about Mister Hato and his life. More to be found at https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134838/http://www.sportgericht.nl/489.html this publishing is to be considered the only publication in book form about Hato, in Dutch and Antilian language.

==Honours==
* The [[Ergilio Hato Stadium]] in [[Willemstad, Curaçao]] was named after him.
*[[Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games Bronze Medal]] (1): [[Football at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games|1946]]
*[[Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medal]] (1): [[Football at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|1950]]
*[[Pan American Games|Pan American Games Bronze Medal]] (1): [[Football at the 1955 Pan American Games|1955]]
*[[CCCF Championship|CCCF Championship Silver Medal]] (1): [[1955 CCCF Championship|1955]]

==International goals==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || rowspan=2| 11 March 1953 || rowspan=5| [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (2011)|Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], Costa Rica|| rowspan=2| {{fb|NCA}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan=2 align="center"|8–0 || rowspan=5| [[1953 CCCF Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || align="center"|6–0 
|-
| align="center"|3 || rowspan=2| 12 March 1953 || rowspan=2| {{fb|PAN}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan=2 align="center"|4–2
|-
| align="center"|4 || align="center"|3–1 
|-
| align="center"|5 || 22 March 1953 || {{fb|SLV}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1
|}

Source: RSSSF<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cccf53.html |title=VI CCCF Championship 1953 (San José, Costa Rica, Mar 8-21) |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=player&sid=0&id=26774&Itemid=0] http://www.soccer-db.info/

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[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in football]]
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