Adolfo Pedernera
Argentine footballer and manager (1918-1995) · Argentina · On the map · Footballers · Died at 76
Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera was an Argentine football player and coach. Nicknamed "El Maestro", he was widely considered to be one of the best world football players in the 1940s and one of the greatest Argentine players of all time.
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Carlos Peucelle Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1935-1941
Ángel Amadeo labruna Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1939-1946
José Manuel Moreno Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1935-1944
Néstor Rossi Teammate at Millonarios, 1949-1954- Francisco Zuluaga Teammate at Millonarios, 1949-1954
Juan Carlos Muñoz Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1939-1946
Gabriel Ochoa Teammate at Millonarios, 1949-1954
José María Minella Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1935-1942
Norberto Yácono Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1938-1946
Aarón Wergifker Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1935-1941
José Ramos Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1940-1946
Alberto Cuello Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1935-1941- Oscar Chirimini Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1937-1942
Alfredo Di Stéfano Teammate at Millonarios, 1949-1953- Leonardo Cilaurren Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1939-1941
Bernabé Ferreyra Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1935-1939
Vicente de la Mata Teammate at Argentina national team, 1940-1946
José Salomón Teammate at Argentina national team, 1940-1946
José Soriano Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1944-1946
Julio Cozzi Teammate at Millonarios, 1950-1954
Juan José Ferraro Teammate at Argentina national team, 1940-1946
Hugo Giorgi Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1941-1943
Ángel Perucca Teammate at Argentina national team, 1940-1946
Roberto Coll Teammate at Club Atlético River Plate, 1943-1946
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About this person
Pedernera was the natural conductor of both the famous River Plate team known as La Máquina, with whom he won several Argentine and South American titles, and the Millonarios team called Ballet Azul that won the Small Club World Cup in 1953 among many others Colombian titles.
