Aníbal Paz

Aníbal Paz
Personnel
Surname	Aníbal Luis Paz
birthday	May 21, 1917
place of birth	Prado , Montevideo ,  Uruguay
date of death	March 21, 2013
Place of death	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
	General Hornos
	Rampla Juniors
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1933-1937	Liverpool Montevideo
1937-1938	Bella Vista
1939-1953	Nacional	471 (0)
1954	Racing
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1939-1950	Uruguay	22 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Aníbal Luis Paz (born May 21, 1917 (according to other sources on February 18, 1918 ) in Prado , Montevideo , † March 21, 2013 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football player .

Club career

The El Canario called goalkeeper was in Montevideo Neighborhood Prado born. Another source names the Belvedere district as the place of birth. First playing at Belvederer Klub General Hornos and then at the Rampla Juniors , Paz finally began his club career in 1933 at Liverpool Montevideo , where he first coached at the age of 14 or 15. When playing in the Intermedia club Paz was champion in that league. In 1937, the goalkeeper then moved to Bella Vista . His most successful sporting period began in 1939 when he - on the recommendation of Roberto Porta - joined the large Montevidean club Nacional . There the undisputed regular player for over 13 years was able to win a total of nine Uruguayan national championship titles with his teammates by 1953 and was involved in the legendary Quinquenio de Oro (1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950 and 1952). In addition, Nacional triumphed during this time in 1942 and 1946 at the Copa Río de la Plata . In the last years of his 14-year club membership, Paz also acted as captain of the team. He played his last game for the Bolsos on November 14, 1953 against Danubio . In total, he came to 471 missions for Nacional and is after Emilio Walter Álvarez the player Nacionals with the largest number of games for the club in the club's history. In 1954, at the end of his career, Paz still played low-class for the Racing Club Montevideo .

National team

Paz was also a member of his home country's national team . He took part with her in the soccer world championship in 1950 and won the world championship there. In the tournament, however, the deputy of the goalkeeper Roque Máspoli was only used in the game against Sweden. He also participated in the South American Championships, the Campeonato Sudamericano 1942 , in which Uruguay was also able to secure the title. Paz was also part of the Uruguayan squad at the Campeonato Sudamericano in 1939 (without action), 1941 and 1946 . Overall, he completed between March 12, 1940 and July 13, 1950 22 internationals, in which he conceded 31 goals.

After the career

After his active career, Paz exercised next to the then head coach Zezé Moreira the goalkeeping coach function at Nacional and thus contributed to the development of the skills of the Brazilian goalkeeper Manga .

successes

• World Champion 1950
• South American Champion (Campeonato Sudamericano) 1942
• 9 × Uruguayan champions ( 1939 , 1940 , 1941 , 1942 , 1943 , 1946 , 1947 , 1950 , 1952 )
• Victory at the Copa del Atlántico in 1947
• 2 × victory at the Copa Aldao (1942, 1946)

Web links

• Player profile on nacionaldigital.com ( Memento from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Overview of the composition of the world championship teams from 1930–2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Un histórico en su lugar ( Memento of the original of January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.ovaciondigital.com.uy on December 12, 2011, accessed on August 10, 2012  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Player profile on nacionaldigital.com ( Memento from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish), accessed on August 10, 2012
3. ↑ Aníbal Paz in the FIFA database , accessed on August 10, 2012
4. ↑ Murió Aníbal Paz - Pacífico adiós (Spanish) on www.futbol.com.uy of March 22, 2013, accessed on March 22, 2013
5. ↑ Falleció Aníbal Paz, exmiembro de la selección de Uruguay en el "Maracanazo" (Spanish) on www.eluniverso.com March 22, 2013, accessed on 23 March 2013
6. ↑ Un histórico en su lugar ( Memento of the original of January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.ovaciondigital.com.uy on December 12, 2011, accessed on August 10, 2012  
7. ↑ Paz en el arco ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) on cambiodefrente.com from November 30, 2011  
8. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Profile on www.playerhistory.com , accessed on January 24, 2012
9. ↑ Aníbal Paz in the FIFA database , accessed on January 24, 2012
10. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on January 24, 2012