Bernabé Ferreyra

[4] His debut in football was at 14 years old in Jorge Newbery, a local club from his home town where he scored 24 goals in 22 matches.

With Bernabé in the team, CABAP won the Liga Juninense championship beating Club Atlético Sarmiento in the final.

[9][10] During the tour, goalkeeper of Peruvian Sport Boys collapsed on the pitch after a shot by Ferreyra hit his face, causing him a concussion.

Due to the huge amount of money paid for Ferreyra's trading –along with Carlos Peucelle's one year before–, earned River Plate the nickname Millonarios ("Millionaires") that has remained until present days.

[4][13] The magazine Caras y Caretas (Argentina) published that the amount paid for Ferreyra's trading was the equivalent to the cost of 11 luxury cars, 5,000 pairs of shoes, and 514 suits (all of first quality).

[14] His fame and striking strength was such that the newspaper Crítica gave a prize to the first goalkeeper that played Ferreyra without receiving a goal.

Ferreyra's shot was so strong that Independiente goalkeeper, Fernando Bello, injured his two wrists after stopping a penalty kick by him.

With each passing match, Ferreyra was nicknamed different ways, such as Cañonero (Cannonade), Rompe redes (Nets breaker), and also Balazo (gunshot) when he started scoring from a distance of 40 meters.

When he shook your hand, you could be sure that you had a friend for the rest of your life .Ferreyra, along Valeriano López and Arthur Friedenreich, are the only American professional footballers with an average of more than 1 goal per match (including domestic and international cups).

[2] Ferreyra debuted in Argentina national football team on 25 May 1931, against Uruguay in a Copa Lipton match, although he did not play well and was criticized by journalists.

Ferreyra had participations in Argentine cinema, debuting as actor in the movie El Cañonero de Giles (1937) written and directed by Manuel Romero.

[18] After his retirement, Ferreyra also acted in other movies, such as El susto que Pérez se llevó, a comedy directed by Richard Harland, HAy que casar a Ernesto (Orestes Caviglia, 1941), and La importancia de ser ladrón (Julio Saraceni, 1944).

The song was composed by Francisco Laino and Adolfo Dispagna (lyrics) and Miguel Padula and Federico Germino (music).

[20] In national football, A player stands, one of the most phenomenal for being a great scorer there is no one who can resist, his formidable shot has defeated many (chorus) Boys, be careful that The Fiera is coming Excerpt from La Fiera (1932), a tango dedicated to Ferreyra In his own words:[3] My brothers persisted in telling me I had to be the stronger shooter in town.

Juan C. Haedo, Bernabé Ferreyra, and Alberto Cuello, players of C.A. Tigre in 1928
La Fiera firing his fearsome cannon shot in River Plate
Ferreyra surrounded by the fans during his last match in 1939
A middle-aged Ferreyra in 1961