Néstor Gonçalves

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Néstor Gonçalves
Néstor Goncalves.jpg
Néstor Gonçalves (2013)
Personnel
birthday April 27, 1936
place of birth Cabellos ,  Uruguay
date of death December 29, 2016
Place of death Montevideo ,  Uruguay
size 178 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
Universitario de Salto
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1956-1971 Club Atlético Peñarol
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1957-1971 Uruguay 50 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1972 Club Atlético Peñarol
1 Only league games are given.
Gonçalves (standing, third from left)

Néstor "Tito" Gonçalves (born April 27, 1936 in Cabellos , Artigas , Uruguay ; † December 29, 2016 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan football player and coach, who with his club Peñarol , where he played throughout his career, numerous Celebrated successes and took part in two soccer world championships with the Uruguayan national team .

Player career

society

Néstor Gonçalves was born in Cabellos, today's Baltasar Brum . At the age of 15 he began his football career at Universitario de Salto. He was also a member of Salto's department selection . Due to his good performance, he aroused the interest of the Uruguayan capital club Peñarol . Since the regulations forbade training at another club at the time, he completed his trial training sessions there under the pseudonym Carlos Silva . He then joined the club in 1956. Throughout his career, which lasted for fifteen years until 1971, he remained loyal to the club and played a total of 574 games for the Aurinegros during this period, making him the player with the most appearances in Peñarol's history, ahead of Pablo Bengoechea (545 games) . Gonçalves also ranks fourth within the club with 25 Clásicos contested in the championship , as well as with his 51 Clásicos played across competitions (as of July 30, 2011).

Gonçalves was nine times champion of Uruguay with Peñarol , the championship triumphs occurred in 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967 and 1968. The Peñarol team was also very successful at international level in the early 1960s. In 1960 , Néstor Gonçalves won the very first Copa Libertadores with his club , then known as the Copa Campeones de América . In the final, Club Olimpia from Paraguay's capital Asunción was defeated. Gonçalves was used in both finals in midfield of the Peñarol team, which had other famous players of the time such as goalkeeper Luis Maidana , defender and world champion of 1950 , William Martínez and striker Luis Cubilla in their ranks. 1961 Peñarol was again in the final of the Libertadores Cup, Néstor Gonçalves missed the finals due to an injury. His team, however, was able to defeat the Brazilian representative Palmeiras São Paulo and win the Copa Libertadores for the second time. As a result, as in 1960, you were entitled to participate in the World Cup , which you also won. The winner of the European Cup in 1960/61 , Benfica Lisbon , was defeated 0-1 in Lisbon and 5-0 in the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo . At the World Cup games Néstor Gonçalves was back. He was able to win the World Cup one more time with his club. After winning the Copa Libertadores in 1966 , they also beat Real Madrid , winner of the European Cup in 1965/66 , 2-0 and 2-0 in Madrid and Montevideo. Previously Gonçalves had won the Copa Libertadores with Peñarol, in the final CA River Plate from Argentina was defeated after a playoff. Gonçalves was used in all three finals.

National team

Néstor Gonçalves played in 50 international matches for the Uruguayan national soccer team . These internationals ranged from his debut on March 23, 1957 against the Peruvian selection to his last use on February 8, 1971 in the game against the GDR. A goal he did not succeed. His debut took place as part of the Campeonato Sudamericano in 1957 . Also in the 1959 edition of this tournament he was part of the Uruguayan squad. In 1962 he took part in the soccer world championship in Chile with the national team of his home country . He was used in all three games of the Uruguayan team during the tournament, but could not prevent the elimination after the preliminary round. There was only one victory (2: 1 against Colombia ), which was offset by two defeats (1: 3 against Yugoslavia and 1: 2 against the Soviet Union ), which meant the end after the group stage. Four years later, Uruguay was able to qualify again for the World Cup. In England they survived the group phase and failed in the quarter-finals at the later runner-up from Germany with 0: 4. Again, Néstor Gonçalves played in all of his team's games. Other tournaments in which Gonçalves participated were the Copa Newton and the Copa Lipton in 1957, the Copa del Atlántico 1960, the Copa Artigas 1965 and 1968, the Copa Juan Pinto Durán 1965, the Copa Rio Branco 1967 and again the Copa Lipton of 1968.

successes

Coaching

In 1972, he succeeded Ondino Viera as coach at Peñarol during the championship round (Copa Uruguaya) that year.

death

Since December 15, 2016, he has been hospitalized with kidney problems at the Asociación Española hospital in Montevideo. He died there on December 29, 2016 at the age of 80.

Web links

Commons : Néstor Gonçalves  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hasta siempre capitán de capitanes (Spanish) on ovaciondigital.com.uy of December 29, 2016, accessed on December 29, 2016
  2. ↑ a b Hasta siempre, caudillo (Spanish) on futbol.com.uy of December 29, 2016, accessed on December 29, 2016
  3. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez : Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo 2011, p. 197, ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
  4. ↑ List of Nestor Gonçalve's international appearances on rsssf.com (English), accessed on December 19, 2012
  5. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez: Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, "Directores Técnicos", Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo 2011, p. 136, ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
  6. ↑ Luciano Álvarez : Historia de Peñarol , 3rd edition 2010, 512
  7. ↑ El "Tito" sigue internado pero está de buen ánimo (Spanish) on ovaciondigital.com.uy of December 16, 2016, accessed on December 29, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Gonçalves, Néstor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tito (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Cabellos , Artigas , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2016
Place of death Montevideo