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Name
  
Francisco Sa

Years
  
Team

Role
  
Football player

1965–1966
  
Central Goya

Playing position
  
Defender

1968
  
Huracan (C)


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Full name
  
Francisco Pedro Manuel Sa

Date of birth
  
(1945-10-25) October 25, 1945 (age 70)

Place of birth
  
Las Lomitas, Argentina

Francisco Pedro Manuel Sá (born October 25, 1945, in Las Lomitas, Formosa) is a retired Argentine football defender.

Contents

Sá holds the record for the most Copa Libertadores titles, he won six; 4 consecutive titles with Club Atlético Independiente between 1972 and 1975, and a further 2 with Boca Juniors in 1977 and 1978.

Career

Sá started his career with Central Goya in the lower leagues, he then had a spell with Huracán de Corrientes before joining River Plate in 1969.

In 1971 Sá joined Independiente where he was part of the team that won the Metropolitano 1971 title followed by an unprecedented four consecutive Copa Libertadores titles. He also won the first of his two Intercontinental Cup title in 1973.

In 1976 Sá was transferred to Boca Juniors where he won a further six major titles, 2 Metropolitano, 2 Copa Libertadores, 1 Nacional and 1 Intercontinental Cup. In his time at Boca he played 195 games for the club in all competitions, scoring 2 goals.

After leaving Boca in 1981 Sá played for Gimnasia de Jujuy for one season before his retirement in 1982.

Honours

Independiente
  • Argentine Primera División (1): Metropolitano 1971
  • Copa Libertadores (4): 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
  • Intercontinental Cup (1): 1973
  • Boca Juniors
  • Argentine Primera División (2): Metropolitano 1976, Metropolitano 1981
  • Copa Libertadores (2): 1977, 1978
  • Intercontinental Cup (1): 1977
  • References

    Francisco Sá Wikipedia