Atilio Ceferino García Pérez (26 August 1914 – 12 December 1973) was an Argentine born Uruguayan naturalized footballer who played as a forward.
Gaecía is the top goal scorer in the history of Uruguayan football with 465 goals scored in official tournaments and the second highest goal scorer in the history of the Uruguayan Football Championship with 208 goals scored in 210 matches, which also converted him in to the top goal scorer of the Uruguayan Championship playing for the same club. He is also the top scorer in the history of Uruguayan Clásico with 35 goals. He played for Nacional between 1938 and 1951.
Career
García had short spells with Club Atlético Moreno, Club Atlético Platense and Boca Juniors in Argentina before joining Nacional.
With Nacional he set a number of national records, including; Most topscorer awards, most consecutive top scorer awards, most goals against C.A. Peñarol and the most goals against Peñarol in a single game. During his time at Nacional the club won 25 titles, including eight championships. García was the top scorer in the league on eight occasions.
After leaving Nacional he had single seasons with Racing Club de Montevideo and Miramar Misiones.
García continued to live in Uruguay after his retirement in 1953. He died in Montevideo in 1973.
Career statistics
International
Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each García goal.
Honours
Primera División (8): 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950
Torneo de Honor (8): 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948
Campeonato Nocturno Rioplatense (1): 1938
C. C. Grandes del Río de la Plata (1): 1938
Copa Aldao (3): 1940, 1942, 1946
Torneo Competencia (3): 1942, 1945, 1948
Copa del Atlántico (1): 1947
Top scorer statistics
Facts
Atilio Ceferino García has a stand in the Estadio Gran Parque Central named in his honour. On 8 December 1940 García scored a record 4 goals in a 5–1 victory over Peñarol. García scored a total of 35 goals against Peñarol, a record that may never be surpassed. García was topscorer in Uruguay in seven consecutive seasons between 1938 and 1944. Fernando Morena is the only player to have scored more goals than García in the Uruguayan league, with 230. García is the top scorer in the history of Club Nacional de Football, with 464 goals in 435 games in all competitions.