Rodolfo Fischer

Rodolfo Fischer

Fischer while playing for San Lorenzo
Personal information
Full name	Rodolfo José Fischer Eichler
Date of birth	(1944-04-02)2 April 1944
Place of birth	Oberá,Argentina
Date of death	16 October 2020(2020-10-16)(aged 76)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1972	San Lorenzo	271 (total)	(141)
1972–1976	Botafogo FR
1976	EC Vitória
1977–1978	San Lorenzo	(s. above)
1979	Once Caldas	40	(10)
1980	Sarmiento (J)
1981	Sportivo Belgrano
International career
1967–1972	Argentina	35	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rodolfo José Fischer Eichler,nicknamedLobo(2 April 1944 – 16 October 2020)was anArgentineinternationalassociation footballplayer of German-Brazilian descent. His tenacity awarded the tall attacker with the nicknameEl Lobo,the "Wolf". WithCA San Lorenzo de AlmagroinBuenos Aireshe won three championships and he remained one of the foremost strikers in the club's history. Among others, he also played forBotafogo FRin Brazil andCD Once Caldasin Colombia.

Biography

Fischer scoring againstRiver Platein 1967

Fischer was born on 2 April 1944 (inOberá,ProvinceMisiones). He joined in 1963 the youth of the top clubCA San Lorenzo de Almagroin the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. From 1965 he played in the first team of the club with which he won in 1968 under the Brazilian managerElba de Pádua Lima "Tim"undefeated theCampeonato Metropolitano,theMetropolitan Championship– the first undefeated championship of any club in the history of professional football in Argentina. In1969,he was top scorer of the National championship. In1972,he won both, Metropolitan and National championships with San Lorenzo. One of his personal highlights was his three goals he contributed to a 4–0 win overRiver Platein April 1972.

From 1967 onward he also played 35 matches for theArgentina national teamfor which he scored 12 goals. His last match for Argentina was in July 1972 in theMaracanãinRio de Janeiroat theTaça Independência,theBrazilian Independence Cup,where Argentina finished fourth. At this tournament he was, together with the PortugueseJoaquim Dinisnumber two in the scorer list.

After this tournament he stayed in Rio de Janeiro and played for four years forBotafogo FR,which paid one millionBrazilian cruzeirosfor him. Most prominent team member there was theWorld Cup 1970winning playerJairzinho,and alsoMário Zagallocoach of Brazil 1970 worked in Botafogo for some time in that period. In 1976 Rodolfo Fischer moved to north-eastern Brazil, where he joinedEC VitóriainSalvador da Bahia,playing under coach Tim once more.

From 1977 to 1978 he returned to Argentina and played again for San Lorenzo, for which he scored altogether 141 goals in 271 league matches, which makes him fourth best scorer in the club's history.

In 1979 he went abroad once more to play forCD Once CaldasinManizales,Colombia,for which he scored 11 goals in 40 league matches. In the years 1980 and 1981 he saw out his career back in Argentina with clubSarmientoofJunínin theBuenos Aires ProvinceandSportivo BelgranoinCórdoba Province,both teams in the lower leagues.

Rodolfo Fisher lived on a farm in the interior of Argentina. On 16 October 2020, Fischer died, aged 76.

Titles

San Lorenzo

• Primera División:1968 Metropolitano,1972 Metropolitano,1972 Nacional
• Primera División Top Scorer:1969 Nacional(14 goals)

Sarmiento

• Primera B:1980