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{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Juan Botasso
| image = Juan Botasso.jpg
| caption = Botasso in 1928
| fullname = Juan Botasso
| height = {{height|m=1.69|precision=0}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|10|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Quilmes]], [[Argentina]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|10|5|1908|10|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Quilmes]], Argentina
| position = [[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]]
| years1 = 1927–1930
| years2 = 1930–1938
| years3 = 1938–1946
| clubs1 = [[Argentino de Quilmes]]
| clubs2 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]
| clubs3 = [[Argentino de Quilmes]]
| caps1 = 
| caps2 = 
| caps3 = 
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| goals3 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1929–1930
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{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]]}}
}}
'''Juan Botasso'''  (23 October 1908 – 5 October 1950) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Association football|footballer]]. He played in goal for [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in the [[1930 FIFA World Cup]] [[1930 FIFA World Cup#Final|final]] on 30 July 1930, which was lost 4–2 to [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]].<ref name="Argentina 1930 World Cup">{{cite web
| title = Argentina squads in the 1930 World Cup
| website = [[RSSSF]]
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-squad-wc.html
| accessdate = 2008-05-24}}</ref>

Botasso (sometimes written Bottaso) started his career in 1927 with [[Argentino de Quilmes]]. After playing in the 1930 World Cup he moved to [[Racing Club de Avellaneda]] where he played until 1938. Botasso then returned to Argentino de Quilmes who were playing in the Argentine 2nd Division.

==Honours==
;Racing
* [[Copa Beccar Varela|Copa de Honor]]: 1932
* [[Copa de Competencia (Liga Argentina)|Copa de Competencia]]: 1933

; Quilmes 
* [[Primera C Metropolitana]]: 1945

;Argentina
* [[Copa América]]: [[1929 South American Championship|1929]]
* [[FIFA World Cup]] runner-up: [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|es}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027104509/http://geocities.com/epellegrino.geo/caaq/historia.htm |date=October 27, 2009 |title=Argentino de Quilmes profile }}
*{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811192353/http://argentinafootball.narod.ru/los_clasicos/boca_1_racing.html Boca Juniors vs Racing Club 1931-1938]

{{Argentina squad 1929 South American Championship}}
{{Argentina Squad 1930 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1908 births]]
[[Category:1950 deaths]]
[[Category:Argentine men's footballers]]
[[Category:Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Argentina men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers]]
[[Category:1930 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Quilmes]]
[[Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen]]


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