Global Courant 2023-05-06 08:17:21
In the 13 years he played for the club, he won the 1982 and 1984 Nationals, and played in two Copa Libertadores. He scored 48 goals and is the third footballer with the most games (425) with that shirt.
When a hero of a club dies, the fans, members and life supporters feel that with him they say goodbye to a part of their life. To that portion of happiness that he made them live when he defended the colors of the institution. This is how Ferro fans have felt since on the night of this Friday, May 5, 2023, when the drizzle turned into constant rain, they learned of the death of Carlos Alberto Arregui.
Yes, Carlitos, the one with the mustache. The one with straight hair. The tireless “8” of the historic two-time champion Ferro with Carlos Timoteo Griguol driving.
He was born in José C. Paz on November 7, 1954 and died at the age of 68, after fighting for several months against a disease that gave him no chance. Precisely him, Carlitos, an inveterate fighter in the green shirt and white shorts, who brought so much joy to the purslane town in Caballito.
Carlos Arregui, top left, in the 1982 National Champion Ferro.
Talking about Arregui is talking about a kid who grew up in the youth ranks of a club who knew how to be a model, who made his debut on November 1, 1973 in a 1-1 win against Desamparados de San Juan for the National Tournament and who said goodbye on November 6. April 1986, in a 0-2 defeat against Independiente. With 425 games, he is the third player with the most appearances in the history of Ferro, behind two other glories such as Oscar Garré (611 games) and Héctor Cúper (463).
“With deep pain, Ferro regrets to report the death of Carlos Arregui, 1982 and 1984 National Champion and eternal glory of the Club. He emerged from the Ferro youth team and defended our shirt in 425 games, with 48 goals scored ”, was the message with which the entity fired him on its social networks.
Arregui was an indelible part of the gradual construction of Ferro’s football identity and even fought in B to return to the First Division in 1978. With the arrival of Griguol, the project was cemented step by step and Carlitos ended up being a key player.
The 1981 runners-up arrived and the first title in history, won undefeated: the 1982 Nacional, with the finals against Quilmes. And the two-time championship in the Nacional 1984, with a dance in the form of 3-0 in the Monumental and Cañete’s 1-0 in Caballito until the River fans set fire to the planks of the visiting stand. And the two historical participations of Ferro in the Libertadores of 1983 and 1985.
He could have been on the list for the 1982 World Cup in Spain. The concrete thing is that when Carlos Salvador Bilardo took over as coach of the National Team, on Friday, March 18, 1983, he gave a list of 18 players and one of them was Carlos Alberto Arregui.
He had the pleasure of wearing the light blue and white shirt 5 times: twice against Chile (2-2 and 1-0) in 1983 and three in the Nehru Cup, in Calcutta, in January 1984: 1-1 with Poland, 0 -1 against China and 3-0 against Vasas Budapest in Hungary, in which he scored the second goal.
Did it happen by chance -or causality?- that the news was known in the club at the same time that “Primero Ferro” was presenting itself in the cafeteria at the headquarters of Federico García Lorca 350, a group of members and life members who want to be the Board of Directors after this year’s elections. Jorge Brandoni -yes, Palito, another historic two-time champion- took the microphone and fired Carlitos. Everyone standing up made the applause feel.
With his older brother, Héctor Ángel Arregui (409 games and 101 goals), who died in 1996, he shared teams in Ferro between 1973 and 1980. That is why the surname of “Pig” and Carlitos is synonymous with purslane. That is why the club and its fans cry together with heaven. Because a piece of their emotional stories has gone with them. Nothing less than that portion of eternal happiness that always returns in the form of memories.
