José Nasazzi

José Nasazzi
José Nasazzi, here in the Nacional jersey in the 1930s
Personnel
Surname	José Nasazzi Yarza
birthday	May 24, 1901
place of birth	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
date of death	17th June 1968
Place of death	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
size	182 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
1910-1920	Club Lito
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1921	Rolando Moor
1922-1932	Club Atlético Bella Vista
1925, 1933-1937	Nacional Montevideo
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1923-1936	Uruguay	41 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1945	Uruguay
1 Only league games are given.

José Nasazzi Yarza (born May 24, 1901 in Villa Peñarol, Montevideo , † June 17, 1968 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan football player . The defender was best known as the captain of his country's national team when he won the 1930 World Cup .

Nasazzi's father was an Italian emigrant from Milan ; his mother came from the Basque Country .

Player career

society

At club level, the 1.82 meter tall, "El Mariscal" called Nasazzi played for Club Lito (1910-1920), Rolando Moor (1921), Club Atlético Bella Vista (1922-1932) and Nacional Montevideo (1925 as a loan player for a European tour and 1933-1937). With Nacional he was Uruguayan champion in 1933 and 1934 .

National team

Nasazzi was a member of the Uruguayan national soccer team . Overall, he completed in the course of his national team career from his debut on November 4, 1923 to his last use on November 20, 1936 41 internationals, in which he never hit the opposing goal.

As a team captain, he had already won the soccer tournament of the Olympic Games in 1924 and 1928 as well as the tournaments for the South American Championship in 1923 , 1924 and 1926 when he and his team competed in the first World Cup in 1930 in his own country.

The only serious opponent of Uruguay in the tournament was Argentina . Uruguay first defeated Peru , Romania and then in the semifinals the USA 6-1. In the final, Argentina were defeated 4-2 after a 2-1 deficit at halftime, so that Nasazzi was the first team captain to receive the Jules Rimet Cup .

Uruguay did not take part in the World Cup in Italy in 1934 , but won the South American Championship again in 1935 under Nasazzi's leadership , before the "Mariscal" retired from active football in 1937. In 1935, as in 1923, he was also named the best player of the tournament at the respective South American Championship.

Coaching career

On January 24, 1945, he coached the Uruguayan national team for the first time as a coach in the 5-1 win against Ecuador in the context of the South American Championship . At the latest in the 2-6 defeat against Argentina on August 15, 1945 in the context of the Copa Newton , he had already been replaced by Pedro Cea as national coach.

After the career

After his career, he was Director General of the casinos of Montevideo.

Others

The Bella Vista stadium is now named after him. A virtual cup called “ Nasazzi-Stab ” as an alternative world championship concept is being followed by football statisticians.

Web links

• José Nasazzi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• El Gran Capitán (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ José Nasazzi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 20, 2014
2. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team on rsssf.com , accessed on December 16, 2012
3. ↑ List of the best players of the tournament at the Copa América on rsssf.com
4. ↑ Juan Ramón Carrasco es el 44º técnico de la Selección (Spanish) on lr21.com.uy from June 12, 2003, accessed on November 6, 2016
5. ↑ Los 45 partidos mas nefastos (Spanish) on lr21.com.uy from February 22, 2004, accessed on November 6, 2016