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Francisco Varallo

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Francisco Antonio Varallo (5 February 1910 to 30 August 2010) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for the Argentina national team from 1930 to 1937 and also represented his country at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930. In club football he won four Primera Division titles, one with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata and three with Boca Juniors, and his 194 goals in 222 official matches make him the third highest all-time goalscorer for Boca Juniors. He is also placed eleventh among the all-time top scorers of the Argentine Primera Division with 216 goals. Varallo died in his home town of La Plata at the age of 100, and he was the last surviving player from the 1930 World Cup.

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