Elvio Porcel de Peralta

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Elvio Porcel de Peralta
On the cover of Estadio [es], 1968
Personal information
Full name Elvio Ricardo Porcel de Peralta Arnaldo[1]
Date of birth (1938-07-12)12 July 1938
Place of birth Villa María, Argentina
Date of death 9 April 2000(2000-04-09) (aged 61)
Place of death Talca, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Unión Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1958 Tigre
1959 Vélez Sarsfield
1960–1961 Tigre
1962–1967 Rangers
1968–1969 Santiago Wanderers
1970 Unión La Calera
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elvio Ricardo Porcel de Peralta Arnaldo (12 July 1938 – 9 April 2000) was an Argentine, naturalized Chilean footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1] Nicknamed El duro entre los duros (The toughest among the toughest), he was known for his temper and received a record 97 ejections in his career.

Career[edit]

Porcel de Peralta was born on 12 July 1938 in Villa María, Argentina.[1] He was the son of a railway official and played football as a youth for the Argentine club Unión Central starting at age 11.[2][3] He had wished to study medicine, but gave up that goal when he received an offer at age 16 to join Club Atlético Tigre, of the Primera División, in 1954.[2] He played for Tigre from 1954 to 1958, left for Vélez Sarsfield in 1959, and then returned to Tigre from 1960 to 1961.[1]

Porcel de Peralta left Argentina to join Chilean side Rangers de Talca on the suggestion of Vicente Cantatore in April 1962.[2] He was moved to midfielder, a position he had played at the start of his career, after having been a forward in the later years of his tenure with Tigre.[2] He played six years – from 1962 to 1967 – with the Rangers and was one of their top players.[2]

Porcel de Peralta was granted Chilean citizenship in 1968.[2] That year, he was noticed by José Pérez Figueiras, manager of the Santiago Wanderers, and signed to play with them.[2] He played two seasons with the team and was a key member of the 1968 team known as Los Panzers, which won the 1968 Primera División de Chile championship and competed at the 1969 Copa Libertadores.[4][5]

Porcel de Peralta was praised for what was noted to be his "strength, grit, temperament and pride" with the Wanderers.[2] He was nicknamed El duro entre los duros – "The toughest among the toughest".[5] Journalist Antonino Vera, in the magazine Estadio [es], commented:

A few weeks ago we described Elvio Porcel de Peralta as a 'modern player'. During last year's tournament he was a fundamental factor for the Wanderers' campaign; he was one of the pillars on which the entire, solid structure of the champion was affirmed. He communicated to them his own physical and football solidity. A 'strength' player, yes, but also a skilled ball dominator, possessor of a clear, general sense of football, with what they call panoramic vision of the field, and that in his case is very broad. Porcel de Peralta dominates the midfield ... carries the ball well, gets to the attack well and gets down quickly to the defense. He sees the openings for the shot and shoots with power ... he looks very complete."[2]

Porcel de Peralta moved to the club Unión La Calera in 1970.[1] Although considered a talented player, he was noted for having a reputation of being "explosive, temperamental and sometimes intemperate".[2] He was ejected from a record total of 97 matches in his career.[5] His last ejection ultimately resulted in the end of his career.[2] Against Club Universidad de Chile, Porcel de Peralta was kicked by Manuel Rodríguez Vega and "went for revenge".[6] He "ran the entire field" chasing after Rodríguez Vega, who escaped.[6] In response, referee Juan Carvajal ejected him.[2] Feeling it to be unjustified, Porcel de Peralta attacked Carvajal and knocked him down with a punch.[2][7] In response, he received a lifetime ban from the sport by the Asociación Central de Fútbol (ACF).[8] He made several appeals in court and ultimately won a million dollar settlement, although he never played professionally again.[5]

Later life and death[edit]

Porcel de Peralta settled in Villa Alemana in Chile after his playing career.[2] He owned a restaurant by the name "Donde Porcel".[2] He was married and had three children.[2] Porcel de Peralta died on 9 April 2000 in Talca, of cardiac arrest, at the age of 61.[2][5]

Honours[edit]

Santiago Wanderers

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Elvio Porcel de Peralta at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Campos, Carlos (12 October 2023). Los Panzers del Puerto (in Spanish). Canopus Editorial Digital SA. pp. 66–68. ISBN 9789569641824.
  3. ^ Tapia, Toro. "Elvio Porcel De Peralta". MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish).
  4. ^ Cataldo Cerda, Andrés (15 August 2022). "¿Por qué "Santiago" Wanderers y por qué "Los Panzers"?" [Why is Santiago, Wanderers and why the Panzers?]. arengadelabuelo.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 May 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Un duro entre los duros" [A tough one among the tough ones]. La Nación (in Spanish). 12 April 2000.
  6. ^ a b "Los principales "hacheros" de la historia del fútbol chileno" [The main “axemen” in the history of Chilean football]. El Ágora (in Spanish). 6 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Las 8 agresiones que sorprendieron al fútbol chileno" [The 8 attacks that surprised Chilean football]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 31 October 2016.
  8. ^ Dote, Sebastian (10 September 2019). "Los 10 peores castigos del fútbol chileno" [The 10 worst punishments in Chilean football]. El Dínamo (in Spanish).

External links[edit]

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