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23 unusual facts about San Lorenzo de Almagro


Agustín Orión

Orión was San Lorenzo's first choice goalkeeper in 2007, when he helped the club to win the Clausura tournament.

Alfonso Silva

On 10 January 1950 he played with the Canary Islands football team a game against the Argentinian champion San Lorenzo de Almagro which was successfully touring in Europe.

Américo Gallego

After leaving Newell's Old Boys, Gallego was sought after by a myriad of clubs, including San Lorenzo de Almagro, but chose CD Toluca in Mexico.

Edder Vaca

He scored one of Liga's penalties in quarter final game against San Lorenzo.

Edson Puch

His good performances in The Celestial Dragons made that San Lorenzo de Almagro and several clubs of Europe were interested on him, however he was called up by Marcelo Bielsa for play with Chile the Kirin Cup in Japan.

Enzo Kalinski

Enzo Kalinski (born 10 March 1987 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who playing for San Lorenzo of the Primera División in Argentina.

Fabricio Bautista

Fabricio Bautista Fontanini (born 30 March 1990 in Rafaela) is an Argentine footballer who plays for San Lorenzo.

Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez

After starting out at San Lorenzo he spent most of his career with Villarreal, appearing in 253 official games over the course of eight La Liga seasons (nine goals).

Born in Buenos Aires, Gonzalo started his professional career at Argentine first division's Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro in 2002.

Gustavo Quinteros

He also played for San Lorenzo de Almagro, Argentinos Juniors and Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in his native Argentina.

After retiring as a player, Quinteros became a manager at San Lorenzo's youth academy.

Héctor Veira

Veira started his professional career in 1963 with San Lorenzo, in 1964 he became the topscorer in the Argentina Primera División at the age of only 18.

Joffre Guerrón

He has been shown interest by São Paulo FC, Flamengo, San Lorenzo, and more recently by Club América through the January and summer transfer windows of 2012.

Jorge D'Alessandro

Born in Buenos Aires, D'Alessandro played six years in his country with San Lorenzo de Almagro, being part of the squads that won four national championships.

Juan Cavallaro

Juan Ignacio Cavallaro (born 28 June 1994) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a winger for San Lorenzo de Almagro.

Juan Domingo Rocchia

In 1982 he was an integral part of the Ferro Carril Oeste team that became only the second team after San Lorenzo to win the Primera without losing a single game.

Martín Benítez

His second goal via a header came on December 8, 2011 against San Lorenzo de Almagro.

Paulo Marcel Pereira Merabet

Was marked, however, a missed penalty by the race penalty that decided the Copa Mercosur in 2001, Fla. where he was defeated by San Lorenzo of Argentina, and lost the chance to win the competition for the second time.

Pedro Larraquy

Between 1987 and 1988 Larraquy played for San Lorenzo de Almagro, he retired in 1988.

Sebastián Méndez

In 2006, Méndez returned to his country, signing with Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, and helped it to the 2007 Clausura tournament, his fourth league title.

Tony Gómez

He played for teams in Uruguay (Club Nacional de Football, Club Atletico River Plate, Montevideo Wanderers, Plaza Colonia), Argentinia (San Lorenzo de Almagro, Club Atlético Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata), Barcelona Sporting Club in Ecuador and finally Matsunichi in China.

Valdez Sporting Club

They successfully advanced out of the group stage and were eventually eliminated in the Round of 16 by San Lorenzo de Almagro by penalties.

Walter Kannemann

Walter Kannemann (born 14 March 1991 in Concepción del Uruguay (Entre Ríos), Argentina) is an Argentinian footballer who plays as an left back for San Lorenzo of the Argentine Primera División.


Nicolás Blandi

On 13 January 2014, it was confirmed that Blandi joined San Lorenzo on a free transfer.