Elche’s Argentine forward Lucas Boyé (r) fights a ball with Villarreal defender Raúl Albiol, during the LaLiga match played this Saturday at the Martínez Valero stadium. EFE / Ramón
Elche (Alicante), Feb 7.- The goals scored against Villarreal (2-2) by the Argentine players of Elche Guido Carrillo and Luca Boyé have led to players from this country having already achieved more than one hundred of the goals obtained by this club in the Spanish First Division.When Elche lost 2-0, Guido Carrillo scored the hundredth goal and a few minutes Lucas Boyé scored 101 after taking advantage of a rebound off the post from a free kick by his compatriot Emiliano Rigoni. The club from Elche, which this season is led from the bench by Jorge Almirón, also from Argentina, has been characterized throughout its history for having a top-level footballer of this nationality, especially in the seventies of the last century.Currently Carrillo accumulates two goals and Boyé four, so his records are far from those obtained by several historical Argentine players for the entity, such as Juan Gómez Voglino, who added 42, Mario Finarolli, who scored twenty, or world champion Marcelo Trobbiani , which contributed nine.
Those who became international with Spain, Rubén Cano, with twelve goals, and Juan Carlos Heredia, with seven, are also among those who contributed Argentine goals to the Elche team in the highest category of Spanish football.