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{{Short description|Argentine footballer and sports commentator}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name = Roberto Perfumo
|image = Perfumo 1969.jpeg
|image_size = 200
|caption = Perfumo in 1969
|fullname = Roberto Alfredo Perfumo
|height = 1.79 m
|birth_date = {{birth date|1942|10|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Sarandí, Buenos Aires|Sarandí]], Argentina
|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|3|10|1942|10|3|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
|currentclub =
|clubnumber =
|position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|youthyears1= 1960–1961
|youthclubs1= [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
|years1 = 1962–1970 | years2 = 1971–1974 | years3 = 1975–1978
|clubs1 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] | clubs2 = [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] | clubs3 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
|caps1 = 207 | goals1 = 14 | caps2 = 141 | goals2 = 6 | caps3 = 110 | goals3 = 4
|totalcaps  = 458 | totalgoals  = 24
|nationalyears1 = 1964–1974
|nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|nationalcaps1 = 37
|nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

'''Roberto Alfredo Perfumo''' (3 October 1942 – 10 March 2016) was an Argentine [[association football|footballer]] and [[sports commentator]]. Nicknamed ''El Mariscal'', Perfumo is considered one of the best Argentine [[Defender (association football)|defenders]] ever.<ref name=dead1>[http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1878458-murio-roberto-perfumo "Murió Roberto Perfumo, el mariscal del fútbol argentino"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311065722/http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1878458-murio-roberto-perfumo |date=11 March 2016 }}, ''La Nación'', 10 March 2016</ref><ref name=dead2>[http://m.rosario3.com/mobile/noticia.html?nota=/contenidos/2016/03/10/noticia_0010.html "Murió Roberto Perfumo, leyenda del fútbol argentino"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311190626/http://m.rosario3.com/mobile/noticia.html?nota=%2Fcontenidos%2F2016%2F03%2F10%2Fnoticia_0010.html |date=11 March 2016 }}, Rosario3.com</ref> At club level, Perfumo played for [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing]], [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] and Brazilian team [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]. With the [[Argentina national football team|national team]], he played the [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]] and [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]] World Cups.

==Biography==
[[File:Roberto Perfumo 1975.jpg|thumb|left|180px|''El Mariscal'' Perfumo in [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] (1975)]]
[[File:Perfumo cruyff 1974.jpg|thumb|250px|Perfumo with [[Johan Cruyff]] at the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]]]
Perfumo was born in [[Sarandí, Buenos Aires|Sarandí]] and his first approach to football was to play in his neighborhood team, named "Pulqui". In 1960 he debuted at the 5th. division of [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]. Perfumo then became player of [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]], where he debuted in January 1964 in a friendly match against [[Flamengo]] played at [[Santiago]], Chile.

Perfumo's first position at the field was [[midfielder]] but he began to play as [[right back]] in the Racing reserve team. He debuted in [[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]] promoted by [[Néstor Rossi]] during a match against [[Ferro Carril Oeste]]. Playing with Racing Club Perfumo was regarded as one of the best Argentine defenders, winning the Primera title, the [[Copa Libertadores]] and the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]. In all those tournaments Perfumo was praised by media and fans as the most notable player of Racing Club.<ref>[http://www.racingclub.com.ar/idolos/roberto-perfumo/ "Idolos: Roberto Perfumo" at Racing Club official site]</ref>

After retirement, he worked as a football commentator for [[ESPN]] and for [[TV Pública Digital (Argentina)|TV Pública]] show ''[[Fútbol para todos]]''.

Perfumo died at 73 from a [[Skull fracture|skull injury]] after falling from a stairway while dining with fellow journalists at a Buenos Aires restaurant in the neighbourhood of [[Puerto Madero]], on 10 March 2016.<ref name=dead1/><ref name=dead2/>

==Honours==

=== Player ===

;Racing Club
*[[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]] (2): [[1961 Argentine Primera División|1961]], [[1966 Argentine Primera División|1966]]
*[[Copa Libertadores]] (1): [[1967 Copa Libertadores|1967]]
*[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] (1): 1967
*[[Intercontinental Champions' Supercup]] runner-up: 1969

;Cruzeiro
*[[Campeonato Mineiro]] (3): 1972, 1973, 1974
*[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Campeonato Brasileiro]] runner-up: [[1974 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|1974]]

;River Plate
*[[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]] (3): [[1975 Argentine Primera División|1975 Metropolitano, 1975 Nacional]], [[1977 Argentine Primera División|1977 Metropolitano]]
*[[Copa Libertadores]] runner-up: [[1976 Copa Libertadores finals|1976]]

;Argentina
*[[CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament]]: [[1964 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament|1964]]

=== Manager ===

;Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
* [[Copa Centenario de la AFA|Copa Centenario]] (1): 1993

=== Individual ===
*[[La Nación|Diario La Nación 25 Argentinian Heroes]]: 1998
*[[Martín Fierro Awards]] Best Sports Journalism: 2009
*[[Clarín Awards]] Greatest Argentinian Central Defenders of All times: 2013
*[[Argentine Football Association|AFA Team of All Time]] (published 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=La Selección de Todos los Tiempos |trans-title=The Team of All Time |publisher=Argentine Football Association |language=es |date=4 January 2016 |url=http://www.afa.com.ar/3023/la-seleccion-de-todos-los-tiempos |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814210638/http://www.afa.com.ar/3023/la-seleccion-de-todos-los-tiempos |archive-date=14 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] Argentina All Times Dream Team: 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1239|title=IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM|date=26 August 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Argentina football squad 1964 Summer Olympics}}
{{Argentina Squad 1966 World Cup}}
{{Argentina Squad 1974 World Cup}}
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{{Club Olimpia managers}}
{{Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata managers}}
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