Carlos Arregui, hero of the Iron, two-time champion in the 80s with Carlos Timoteo Griguol has died

When a club hero dies, fans, members and supporters of life feel it with him they say goodbye to a part of their life. To that portion of happiness that made them live when he defended the colors of the institution. This is how fans feel Iron for on the night of this Friday May 5, 2023, when the drizzle turned to steady 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 at the helm.

He was born in José C. Paz on November 7, 1954 and died at the age of 68, after struggling for several months against an illness that did not give him any chance. only him, Carlitosa hardened fighter in a green jersey and white shorts, who brought so much joy to the port city of Caballito.

Talking about Arregui is talking about a boy who grew up in the youth team of a club who knew how to be a model, who made his debut on November 1, 1973 in the 1-1 victory against Desamparados de San Juan for the National Tournament and who said goodbye on November 6 . April 1986, in the 0-2 defeat against Independiente. With 425 games, He is the third most capped player in the history of Ferrobehind two other glories like Oscar Garré (611 matches) and Hector Cuper (463).

“With deep sorrow, Ferro regrets the passing of Carlos Arregui, National Champion 1982 and 1984 and eternal glory of the Club. He came out of the Ferro youth academy and defended our shirt in 425 games, with 48 goals converted”, was the message with which the institution fired him on its social networks.

Arregui was an indelible part of the gradual construction of the football identity of Ferro 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 it ended up being a key piece.

The 1981 runners-up arrived and the first title in history, won undefeated: Nacional 1982, with the final against Quilmes. And the two-time scudetto in the 1984 Nacional, with a dance in the form of 3-0 at the Monumental and Cañete’s 1-0 at Caballito until the River fans set fire to the boards of the host stand. And Ferro’s two historic participations in the Libertadores of 1983 and 1985.

He could have been in the list for the 1982 World Cup in Spain. The concrete thing is that when Carlos Salvador Billardo hired as coach of the national team, on Friday March 18, 1983 he provided a list of 18 players and one of them was Carlos Alberto Arregui.

He had the pleasure of wearing the biancoceleste shirt 5 times: twice against Chile (2-2 and 1-0) in 1983 and three times 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.

Was it a coincidence – or a causality? – that the news was known in the club at the same time that “Primero Ferro” showed up in the cafeteria of the headquarters of Federico García Lorca 350, a group of members and life partners who want to be the board of directors after this year’s election. Giorgio Brandoni -Yes, Stickanother two-time historic champion- he took the microphone and fired Carlitos. Everyone standing up and applause was heard.

with his older brother, Ettore Angelo Arregui (409 matches and 101 goals), passed away in 1996, played for Ferro between 1973 and 1980. Hence the surname of the “pig“and of Carlitos is synonymous with purslane. That’s why the club and its supporters mourn together with the sky. Because a piece of their emotional histories is gone with them. Nothing less than that portion of eternal happiness that always comes back in the form of memories.