Mario Boyé

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Mario Emilio Heriberto Boyé Auterio (July 30, 1922 - July 21, 1992) was an Argentine footballer. A powerful striker, he played for Boca Juniors (1936-1949 and 1955-56), Genoa (1950-54, in Italy), Racing Club de Avellaneda (1950-54), and Huracán (1954-55).

Boyé was born in Buenos Aires.

Nicknamed El Atómico (The Atomic), he started playing in the youth division of Boca Juniors to debute in first division on June 8 of 1941 in the victory against Independiente, and scoring his first goal a week later against Huracán. With Boca he won the 1943 and 1944 Argentine leagues, and was the league's top-scorer in 1946 with 24 goals. He moved to Italy were he bacomes "Il Matadore" (The Killer), but returns to Argentina four seasons later. After winning the 1951 league with Racing and playing one season for Huracán, he returned to Boca to retire a year later. He played 206 matches for Boca, scoring 112 goals.

For the Argentina national football team he first played at the South American Championship 1945, until his last match was the 1951 frendly against England^{[citation needed]}.

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• Biography (Spanish)
• El 'atómico' Boyé (Spanish)