Antonio Alzamendi
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Full name | Antonio Alzamendi Casas | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 7 June 1956 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Durazno, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Second striker | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1971–1973 | Wanderers de Durazno | ||||||||||||||||
1974–1976 | Policial de Durazno | ||||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Sud América | 31 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
1978–1982 | Independiente | 185 | (75) | ||||||||||||||
1982–1983 | River Plate | ||||||||||||||||
1983 | Nacional | 17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1984 | Tecos UAG | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
1985 | Peñarol | 28 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | River Plate | 77 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | Logroñés | 62 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
1990/'91 | Deportivo Mandiyú | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1993 | Rampla Juniors | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1978–1990 | Uruguay | 32 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Antonio Alzamendi Casas (born 7 June 1956) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a forward.
His official debut was with the Uruguayan team Wanderers de Durazno. Alzamendi played for Uruguay at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups, scoring against West Germany in 1986. He played several years for River Plate of Argentina, winning both the Copa Libertadores de América and Intercontinental Cup in 1986. On Intercontinental Cup final, Alzamendi was named as man of the match and got the only goal of the game in the 28th minute when he headed into the net after his initial shot had hit the post and then came back off the goalkeeper.[1] That year he was also named South American Footballer of the Year.
In July 2001 he was appointed as coach of the Australian National Soccer League team Canberra Cosmos. However his contract was then terminated shortly after due to financial problems with the club.
In 2008, he became the coach of Sport Ancash from Peru.
Honours
[edit]Independiente
Nacional
River Plate
- Argentine Primera División: 1985-86
- Copa Libertadores: 1986
- Intercontinental Cup: 1986
- Copa Interamericana: 1986
Uruguay
Individuals
[edit]- South American Team of the Year: 1986, 1987
- South American Footballer of the Year: 1986
- Intercontinental Cup Man of the match: 1986
- Uruguayan Primera División Top Scorer: 1985 (13 goals)
- Supercopa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1988 (4 goals)
References
[edit]- ^ Alzamendi, Alzamendi (2 January 2009). "Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
External links
[edit]- Antonio Alzamendi at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Durazno
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
- Uruguayan people of Basque descent
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- Uruguay men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
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- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Copa Libertadores-winning players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Peñarol players
- CD Logroñés footballers
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- Tecos F.C. footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
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- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
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- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1983 Copa América players
- 1987 Copa América players
- 1989 Copa América players
- Sud América players
- South American Footballer of the Year winners
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