Enrique Guaita

Enrique Guaita
Enrique Guaita in the jersey of Estudiantes de La Plata (ca.1931)
Personnel
Surname	Enrique Lucas Gonzales Guaita
birthday	July 15, 1910
place of birth	Lucas González ,  Argentina
date of death	May 18, 1959
Place of death	Argentina
size	172 cm
position	Right winger
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1931-1933	Estudiantes	65 (33)
1933-1935	AS Roma	60 (43)
1936-1938	Racing Club	57 (28)
1938-1940	Estudiantes	27 0(9)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1933	Argentina	3 0(1)
1934-1935	Italy	10 0(5)
1937	Argentina	1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Enrique Lucas Gonzales Guaita (also Enrico Guaita ; born July 15, 1910 in Lucas González , Entre Ríos , Argentina ; † May 18, 1959 in Argentina) was an Argentine- Italian football player .

Enrique Guaita was a famous representative of the Oriundi , a generation of players with Italian ancestry who grew up in South America and later returned to their parents' homeland, where they also played for the national team.

He played as a right winger , was a gifted dribbler and had a strong shot. With the Italian national team he became soccer world champion in 1934 .

Guaita died in Argentina in 1959 at the age of only 48.

Career

In the club

Enrique Guaita began his career in Argentina in 1927 with Estudiantes de La Plata . In 1933 he moved to AS Roma in Italy , where he was a regular for two seasons. In the season 1934-35 he scored 29 goals in 29 matches and was top scorer in Serie A . This hit yield is still the absolute Series A record for the championship with 16 teams. He scored a total of 43 times in 61 league appearances. His nickname Il Corsaro Nero ( The Black Corsair ) comes from this time , as the Roma played in black jerseys at that time.

In the summer of 1935, however, Guiata's career in Italy ended abruptly when he returned to his home country in order to avoid being drafted into the military and possibly fighting in the Italian-Ethiopian War . From 1936 to 1937 he was under contract with Racing Club Avellaneda , between 1938 and 1939 Enrique Guaita played again at Estudiantes de La Plata.

In the national team

Guaita was one of twelve players who played for both the Argentine and Italian national teams in their careers . For Argentina, he made four international matches and scored one goal. For the Squadra Azzurra he was ten times on the field and scored five hits.

At the 1934 World Cup , which was held in Italy, Guaita was in Italy's squad , played four of the five games and scored the winning goal in the semi-final against Austria to make it 1-0. He brought Vittorio Pozzos Azzurri to the final against Czechoslovakia , which they won 2-1 after extra time.

He also played for Italy when he won the European National Team Cup 1933–1935 .

successes

• World Champion : 1934
• European National Team Cup 1933–1935

Web links

• Enrique Guaita in the database of weltfussball.de
• Information at Once-onze.narod.ru

Remarks

1. ↑ some sources also give July 11, 1910