Rubén Suñé

Rubén Suñé
Suñé c. 1972
Personal information
Full name Rubén José Suñé
Date of birth (1947-03-07)7 March 1947
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 20 June 2019(2019-06-20) (aged 72)
Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1972 Boca Juniors 186 (32)
1973–1974 Huracán 33 (1)
1975 Unión de Santa Fe 49 (1)
1976–1980 Boca Juniors 131 (2)
1981 San Lorenzo 20 (1)
International career
1969–1973 Argentina 6 (3)
Managerial career
1993–1994 Boca Juniors (women)
1993–1994 Argentina women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rubén José Suñé (7 March 1947, Buenos Aires – 20 June 2019) was an Argentine football midfielder who won eight titles with Boca Juniors and also played for the Argentina national team, With the Argentina national team, where he his international debut in 1969 and played a total of six games for the squad.

Suñé is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders and captains in Boca Juniors' history, apart from being one of the idols of the institution. In his two periods with Boca Juniors (1967–72, 1976–80), Suñé played 377 matches, scoring 36 goals. During his entire career, he totalised 527 matches and 52 goals scored.