Héctor Horacio Leonel Scotta Guigo (born 27 September 1950) is an Argentine retired football striker. He was born in the city of San Justo in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. Scotta is most famous for his feat of scoring 60 goals in 1975.
 Scotta in San Lorenzo colors in 1974 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Héctor Horacio Leonel Scotta Guigo | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | San Justo, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970 | Unión de Santa Fe | 23 | (9) |
| 1971–1976 | San Lorenzo | (129) | |
| 1976 | Grêmio | (8) | |
| 1976–1980 | Sevilla | 101 | (53) |
| 1980 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 10 | (1) |
| 1981 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 1982 | Boca Juniors | 12 | (2) |
| 1983 | Nueva Chicago | ||
| 1984–1985 | All Boys | ||
| 1986 | Deportivo Armenio | ||
| International career | |||
| Argentina | 6 | (4) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 2007 | |||
Career edit
Scotta started his career in 1970 with Unión de Santa Fe but after only one season he moved to Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro where he was part of the Nacional winning team of 1974. In 1975 Scotta was the topscorer of the Nacional championship with 28 goals and Metropolitano champion with 32 goals, this made him the topscorer in South America and in world football for 1975. Scotta was awarded the Olimpia de Plata as the Argentine sports writer's footballer of the year. During 1975, Scotta broke Arsenio Erico's single-season Argentine Primera División goal-scoring record with 48 goals.[1]
Scotta's goalscoring achievements of 1975 attracted the attention of a number of foreign clubs, the team that managed to sign him was Grêmio in Brazil, where he helped them to win the Campeonato Gaúcho in 1977.
In 1979 Scotta returned to San Lorenzo, he then had a season with Ferro Carril Oeste in 1980, another with San Lorenzo in 1981 and a final season at the top level of Argentine football with Boca Juniors. He also played for Sevilla FC.
Scotta later had spells with 2nd division outfits Nueva Chicago, All Boys and Deportivo Armenio.
Personal life edit
Scotta's grandson Valentino Fattore is also a professional footballer who currently plays for Sevilla.[2]
Honours edit
Club edit
- Primera Division Argentina Champions: 1972 Metropolitano, 1972 Nacional, 1974 Nacional
Individual edit
- Primera Division Argentina Top scorer: Metropolitano 1975 (32 goals)
- Seasonwise World Top Scorer: 1975[3]
- Top scorer in South America: 1975 (60 Goals)[4]
- Olimpia de Plata: 1975
- Primera Division Argentina Top scorer: Nacional 1975 (28 goals)
References edit
- ^ "1975. Erico con Scotta, diálogo de gol". El Gráfico (in Spanish). 18 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Otro Scotta en el Pizjuán, el nieto del cañonero". Mundo Deportivo. March 21, 2019.
- ^ Seasonwise World Top Scorer. rsssf.org
- ^ Highest Season Scoring Records. rsssf.org
External links edit
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007) (in Spanish)
- Interview with Scotta in Clarín (in Spanish)
- San Lorenzo Idols (in Spanish)
- San Lorenzo profile (in Spanish)
- Héctor Scotta at National-Football-Teams.com