Héctor Scotta

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Scotta and the second or maternal family name is Guigo.
Héctor Scotta
Scotta in San Lorenzo colors in 1974
Personal information
Full name Héctor Horacio Leonel Scotta Guigo
Date of birth (1950-09-27) 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

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

Scotta's grandson Valentino Fattore is also a professional footballer who currently plays for Sevilla.[2]

Honours

Club
San Lorenzo
Grêmio

Individual

References
  1. "1975. Erico con Scotta, diálogo de gol". El Gráfico (in Spanish). 18 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. "Otro Scotta en el Pizjuán, el nieto del cañonero". Mundo Deportivo. March 21, 2019.
  3. Seasonwise World Top Scorer. rsssf.org
  4. Highest Season Scoring Records. rsssf.org
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