Hugo Gatti
 Gatti while playing for Boca Juniors in 1977 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugo Orlando Gatti | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Carlos Tejedor, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 20 April 2025 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1961 | Atlanta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1964 | Atlanta | 38 | (0) |
| 1964–1968 | River Plate | 77 | (0) |
| 1969–1974 | Gimnasia La Plata | 224 | (0) |
| 1974–1975 | Unión Santa Fe | 45 | (0) |
| 1976–1988 | Boca Juniors | 381 | (1) |
| Total | 765 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1967–1977 | Argentina | 18 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hugo Orlando Gatti (19 August 1944 – 20 April 2025) was an Argentine footballer. He played as a goalkeeper, and spent 26 seasons in the Argentine Primera División.[1] He holds the record for most appearances in the Argentine Primera División, with 765 matches.[2][3] He was capped 18 times for Argentina,[1] and was part of their team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup and the 1975 Copa América.
Gatti died on 20 April 2025, at the age of 80, at the Hospital Pirovano in Buenos Aires. He had spent more than two months in intensive care.[4][5] His son, Lucas, was also a footballer who played as a midfielder for Argentinos Juniors, Dundee F.C. and CD Badajoz.[6]
Honours
- Boca Juniors
- Argentine Primera División: 1976 Metropolitano, 1976 Nacional, 1981 Metropolitano
- Copa Libertadores: 1977, 1978
- Intercontinental Cup: 1977
- Individual
- Records
References
- 1 2 (in Spanish)Hugo Orlando Gatti bio Archived 8 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine – Redargentina.com – educar.org
- 1 2 El abuelo y tapicero que se convertirá en el jugador con más partidos en el fútbol argentino Archived 10 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, La Nación, 5 November 2014
- 1 2 A 30 AÑOS DEL RÉCORD INALCANZABLE DE HUGO GATTI Archived 10 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Deportea
- ↑ "Hugo "El Loco" Gatti dies at 80, legendary goalkeeper for Argentina and Boca Juniors". beIN Sports. 21 April 2025.
- ↑ "Muere Hugo Gatti". Diario AS (in Assamese). 20 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ↑ "Lucas Gatti named Bromley U23's manager". Bromley Football Club. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ↑ "IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM". 26 August 2021.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hugo Gatti.
- Hugo Gatti on IMDb
- Hugo Orlando Gatti's biography – informexeneize.com (in Spanish)
- "Hugo Orlando Gatti: El achique de Dios" – mediapunta.es (in Spanish)
- Hugo Gatti – palmares, photo gallery, video, wallpapers at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 October 2006) (in Spanish)
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
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