Atilio García
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García during his tenure in Nacional | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Atilio Ceferino García Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 12 December 1973 (aged 59) | ||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Club Atlético Moreno | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936 | Platense | 23 | (12) |
| 1937 | Boca Juniors | 7 | (6) |
| 1938–1951 | Nacional | 210 | (208) |
| 1952 | Racing Montevideo | ||
| 1953 | Miramar Misiones | ||
| International career | |||
| 1945 | Uruguay | 5 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Atilio Ceferino García Pérez (26 August 1914 – 12 December 1973) was an Argentine-born Uruguayan naturalized footballer who played as a forward.
García is the top goal scorer in the history of Uruguayan football with 466 goals with 330 scored in official tournaments within 329 matches. and the second highest goal scorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera División with 208 goals scored in 210 matches, which also converted him in to the top goal scorer of the Uruguayan championship playing for the same club. He is also the top scorer in the history of Uruguayan Clásico with 35 goals. He played for Nacional between 1938 and 1951.
García also has the record of being top scorer in most Uruguayan Primera División seasons, with 8 (7 of them consecutively).