José Manuel Moreno

Who was José Manuel Moreno?

José Manuel Moreno Fernández, nicknamed "El Charro", was an Argentine football inside forward who played for several clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, and was the first footballer ever to have won top division league titles in four different countries.

Moreno was part of the River Plate team known as La Máquina which dominated Argentine football in the 1940s, and was also a member of the Argentine national team that won three South American Championships during the same decade.

Usually an inside-right, Moreno was one of the leading players of his era. He was regarded by many as a complete player and many Argentinean regarded him as one of the greatest players of all time. In 1999, he was ranked among the 25 best players in the world in the 20th century and among the five best in South America, through a poll by the IFFHS. He was known as a player of great technique, great vision, and lethal in the penalty area. Despite his reputation for drinking, smoking and not going to training, Moreno was also known for his formidable heading ability and fine physical qualities.