Héctor Yazalde

Héctor Casimiro Yazalde was born in Avellaneda, Argentina, on May 29, 1946. He started at Piraña and stood out at Independiente, scoring 72 goals in 112 games, winning the Argentine championships of 1967/68 and 1969/70. In 1970 he was named Argentine Footballer of the Year. At Sporting, in Portugal, he had rare numbers: 104 goals in 104 games. In the 1973/74 season, he scored 46 goals in 29 league matches and won the European Golden Boot. He was the leading scorer in the Portuguese league in 1973/74 and 1974/75. He then played for Olympique de Marseille, where he won the French Cup in 1975/76, for Newell's Old Boys and for Huracán, ending his career in 1982. For Argentina, he made 10 appearances and scored 2 goals between 1970 and 1974, both in the 4-1 victory over Haiti at the 1974 World Cup. He died in Buenos Aires on June 18, 1997, at the age of 51.