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{{Short description|Argentine footballer (1940–79)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ermindo Onega
| image = Ermindo Onega 1961.jpeg
| image_size = 150
| caption = Onega in 1961
| fullname = Ermindo Ángel Onega
| height = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1940|4|30}}      
| birth_place = [[Las Parejas, Santa Fe]], [[Argentina]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1979|12|21|1940|4|30}}
| currentclub  = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder (football)|Offensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1= 
| youthclubs1= 
 | years1 = 1957–1968  | years2 = 1969–1971  | years3 = 1972  | years4 = 1975–1977 
 | clubs1 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]  | clubs2 = [[Peñarol]]  | clubs3 = [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]  | clubs4 = [[Deportes La Serena]]
 | caps1 = 222 | goals1 = 98  | caps2 = 74 | goals2 = 22 | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 6  | caps4 = 71 | goals4 = 17
| totalcaps  = 397
| totalgoals = 143
|nationalyears1= 1960–1967
|nationalteam1= [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|nationalcaps1= 30 | nationalgoals1 = 11
}}
'''Ermindo Ángel Onega''' (30 April 1940 &ndash; 21 December 1979) was an Argentine [[Football (soccer)|footballer]], attacking [[midfielder]]  and [[Striker (association football)|forward]] from [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]. He played for River Plate from 1957 to 1968, scoring 98 [[Goal (sport)|goal]]s in 222 matches. In 1972, he played for [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield]], scoring 6 goals in 30 matches.

Onega also had spells with [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]] in [[Uruguay]] and [[Club de Deportes La Serena|La Serena]] in [[Chile]]. He was the older brother of [[Daniel Onega]], also a River Plate footballer.

Onega died in a road accident in 1979 on his way to the city of [[Rosario, Argentina|Rosario]]. He was only 39 years old.

==Honours==
; River Plate
* [[Argentine Primera División]]: [[1957 Argentine Primera División|1957]]; runner-up: [[1960 Argentine Primera División|1960]], [[1962 Argentine Primera División|1962]], [[1963 Argentine Primera División|1963]], [[1965 Argentine Primera División|1965]], [[1966 Argentine Primera División|1966]], [[1968 Argentine Primera División|1968 Nacional]]
* [[Copa Libertadores]] Runner-up: [[1966 Copa Libertadores|1966]]

; Peñarol
* [[Intercontinental Champions' Supercup]]: 1969
* [[Uruguayan Primera División]] Runner-up: [[1969 Uruguayan Primera División|1969]], [[1970 Uruguayan Primera División|1970]], [[1971 Uruguayan Primera División|1971]]
* [[Copa Libertadores]] Runner-up: [[1970 Copa Libertadores finals|1970]]

; Argentina
* [[Panamerican Championship]]: [[1960 Panamerican Championship|1960]]
* [[Taça das Nações]]: 1964

==External links==
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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Belgrano Department, Santa Fe]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in Argentina]]
[[Category:Argentine men's footballers]]
[[Category:Argentina men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Argentine Primera División players]]
[[Category:Club Atlético River Plate footballers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers]]
[[Category:Uruguayan Primera División players]]
[[Category:Peñarol players]]
[[Category:Chilean Primera División players]]
[[Category:Deportes La Serena footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Chile]]
[[Category:Footballers from Santa Fe Province]]
[[Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen]]

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