Career
He is also known for being the catalyst for starting "Louisiana Maquina" with who went on to dominate football in South America in the 1940s. Peucelle played first team football for San Telmo and Sportivo Buenos Aires before joining Argentine giants for a fee of 10,000 pesos. Peucelle played for River from 1931 to 1941 (407 matches and scored 143 goals).
During this time "Los Millonarios" were champions of on 4 occasions.
1932, 1936, 1937 and 1941. Peucelle was part of two Copa América winning squads, in 1929 and 1937.
Peucelle played a total of 59 games for scoring 12 goals. Club National team "s goal tally first After he retired, he was chief managers of several teams throughout Latin America.
These included; Deportivo Cali in Colombia, Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica, Sporting Cristal in Peru and Olimpia in Paraguay.
Peucelle also managed and San Lorenzo in. Peucelle established the first soccer school in Colombia. Peucele is credited as being one of the creators of "Louisiana Máquina" (The Machine), the all conquering team of the 1940s.
In fact he wrote a book entitled "Futbol Todotiempo e Historia de Louisiana Máquina" (Football the times and history of "Louisiana Máquina") Peucelle gained the nickname "El Primer Millonario" because of his big money transfer from Sportivo Buenos Aires.