René Houseman

Houseman was born in La Banda, Santiago del Estero Province. Despite having started his career at Club Atlético Excursionistas youth divisions, Houseman debuted professionally playing for Excursionistas's arch-rival Defensores de Belgrano, where he won its first title, the Primera C championship in 1971. At the beginning of 1973, as a recommendation by manager César Menotti, he was hired by Huracán.

Mother, don't worry because these legs will save you Houseman was a key player of the Huracán team that won the 1973 Metropolitano championship. Managed by Menotti, that squad is where Houseman played along with various notable players such as Miguel Brindisi, Carlos Babington and Omar Larrosa.

Houseman is a mixture of Maradona and Garrincha After leaving Huracán in 1980, Houseman spent a short time in River Plate (one season, 1981), then moving to Chile to play for Colo Colo and then to South Africa when he joined AmaZulu. In 1984, he returned to Argentina to play for Independiente, but he only played three matches in total. Nevertheless, Houseman was part of the roster that won the Libertadores and Intercontinental Cups that year. Houseman retired from football in 1985, playing for his first club, Excursionistas, in a match versus Boca Juniors.

During his international career, Houseman also played for the Argentina national team and participated at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where he scored three goals. His greatest achievement in football was being a member of the 1978 FIFA World Cup winning team and scoring in the 6–0 win over Peru.

Houseman's career was cut short due to problems with alcoholism, with which he struggled for most of his life. Houseman scored a goal versus River Plate which he later claimed not to remember as he was drunk throughout that game. In 2017, it was revealed that Houseman had tongue cancer. The Argentine Football Association announced that it would help him to afford medical treatment. Houseman died on 22 March 2018 after a long battle with cancer, eight days after the death of his 1978 teammate, Rubén Galván.

Club

Defensores de Belgrano

Primera C: 1972 Huracán

Primera División: 1973 Metropolitano; runner-up: 1975 Metropolitano, 1976 Metropolitano Colo-Colo

Copa Chile: 1982 Independiente

Copa Libertadores: 1984 Intercontinental Cup: 1984

International

Argentina

FIFA World Cup: 1978 Copa Newton: 1975, 1976 Copa Lipton: 1976 Copa Félix Bogado: 1976 Copa Ramón Castilla: 1976, 1978