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Lot # 50: Stunning Masterpiece! Carlos "El Lobo" Diarte Real Betis (Spain) #9 Match Worn Shirt vs Sevilla - Clasico Match played November 19, 1980. *Player Collection - Swapped to Sevilla 1980 Player*

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Stunning Masterpiece! Carlos "El Lobo" Diarte Real Betis (Spain) #9 Match Worn Shirt vs Sevilla - Clasico Match played November 19, 1980.

*Player Collection - Swapped to Sevilla 1980 Player*

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The Paraguayan striker was one of the football stars of the era, having arrived in Spain at the age of 19 from Olimpia to sign for Zaragoza, where he was a true star during the three seasons he spent with the white and blue club. 

His transfer to Valencia for 60 million pesetas in 1976, a record at the time, was one of the sensations of the moment, although his performances didn't match that. After three seasons on the banks of the Turia, he joined UD Salamanca in 1979, where he made a brilliant comeback.

In the summer of 1980, Betis acquired his services, which were very much to the liking of Betis coach Luis Carriega, with whom he had triumphed during his time at Real Zaragoza.

In the pages of ABC, the day after his signing, journalist Alejandro Delmás published this article, explaining who El Lobo was and his career in Spanish football.

Carlos Martínez Diarte, 1.88 meters tall and twenty-six years old, has grown up for football within Spain. He was capped by Paraguay at seventeen, and his truly feline sprint, incredible starting speed, and unusual hunger for goals brought him to Spain thanks to Avelino Chaves, technical secretary of Real Zaragoza.

It was around 1973 when Carlitos, along with “Nino” Arrua and Soto, formerly of Las Palmas, formed the team in La Romareda in Zaragoza that, in terms of goal scoring, under the orders of Luis Carriega, was baptized as “los zaraguayos”.

Three years of overprojection, of inflaming and tormenting the best center backs in Spain—formidable duels with Migueli, with Benito—and the Zaragoza number nine was transferred to Ramos Costa's Valencia for a sum—sixty million—which, until Alesanco's signing for Barcelona, was a record in our football as far as interior transfers were concerned.

The 1976-77 season, Diarte's first at Valencia. A devastating, fantastic start to the league season, with goalscoring prodigiously, turned into a nightmare, following that exceptional run alongside Mario Kempes and Johnny Rep. This came with poor form, coupled with rumors about Lobo's partying.

In the following two years, Diarte gained weight, Diarte fell ill, Diarte lost weight, had to undergo surgery, had one problem after another, until the prohibition of having three international players at the same club—Bonhoff and Kempes were in charge at Valencia—led him straight to Salamanca, in the summer of '79.

And in Salamanca, he exploded. He became the boss and manager of the Mesones team after a match at the Casanova in Valencia in which a phenomenal goal—Salamanca drew 2-2—was his revenge. A golden season, and a fabulous match at the Villamarín—the one with Hugo's phantom goal—in which Carlos Diarte demonstrated how to break down and unhinge an entire defense, even if it was controlled by Biosca and Peruena.

Today, in green and white, Lobo Diarte faces his greatest challenge. Once again with Luis Carriega. Once again with his change of pace, his devilish dribbling, his magical drive, his lightning-quick touch on the run, his two-legged shot. Betis doesn't want the Carlitos who burned out in Valencia. Betis and their team have paid off a Lobo in the box named Carlos Martínez Diarte

Shirt details: Meyba trademark. Made in Spain. 100% polyester. Betis shield stitched and number with clothing badge (See pics for detaails!)

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