Omar Sívori
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Personnel | ||
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Surname | Enrique Omar Sívori | |
birthday | October 2, 1935 | |
place of birth | San Nicolás de los Arroyos , Argentina | |
date of death | February 17, 2005 | |
Place of death | San Nicolás de los Arroyos , Argentina | |
size | 170 cm | |
position | striker | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1954-1957 | River Plate | 63 | (29)
1957-1965 | Juventus Turin | 215 (134) |
1965-1969 | SSC Naples | 63 | (12)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1956-1957 | Argentina | 19 | (9)
1961–1962 | Italy | 9 | (8)
1 Only league games are given. |
Enrique Omar Sívori (born October 2, 1935 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos , Argentina , † February 17, 2005 ibid) was an Argentine- Italian football player and coach . He was included in the 2004 FIFA 100 best list by the World Football Association.
Career
In the club
Sívori's career began with the Argentine club River Plate , where he was able to celebrate a total of three championship titles. Here he also got his nicknames el gran zurdo (German: the big left foot) and il cappocione (German roughly: the one with the big head), which he got because of his petite build. For the 1957/58 season Sívori moved to Juventus Turin in Italy . Here he formed one of the best offensive divisions in Serie A with John Charles and Giampiero Boniperti . Overall, Sívori won the Scudetto three times and the Coppa Italia three times with Juventus . For the 1965/66 season, Sívori then moved to league rivals SSC Napoli , where he ended his successful career in the 1968/69 season. In 1961 the striker was voted Europe's Footballer of the Year .
In the national team
In 1957 Sívori won the Copa America with Argentina , playing a total of 19 games for the Argentine national team . Together with Antonio Angelillo and Humberto Maschio he formed an offensive trio that was nicknamed Angeles con cara sucia . This name is derived from the mafia film Chicago of the same name - Angels with dirty faces - the trio got it because of their sometimes boorish behavior, which they put on and off the field. The three subsequently met in Serie A , Sívori later played for Juventus Turin and Maschio and Angelillo were signed by Inter Milan .
Just in time for the 1962 World Cup in Chile , Sívori took on Italian citizenship and played the tournament with the Squadra Azzurra . Overall, Sívori was used in nine games for Italy, in which he scored eight goals.
Life after professional football
After his professional time, Sívori worked as a football coach. He looked after the club teams of River Plate , Rosario Central , Estudiantes de La Plata , Racing Club and Vélez Sársfield . From 1972 to 1974 he successfully led the Argentine national soccer team through qualification for the 1974 World Cup . In a friendly match in 1973, he defeated the German national football team in the Munich Olympic Stadium 3-2, which at the time not only meant Argentina's first victory against Germany, but also marked the end of the " Wembley-Elf ".
He eventually continued his career as a sports reporter. Sívori spent his last years in his old homeland Argentina . Here he died in his hometown of San Nicolás on February 17, 2005 of cancer .
Omar Sívori in the film
Omar Sívori played himself in two Italian film productions:
- 1965: Idoli controluce
- 1970: Presidente del Borgorosso Football Club, II
successes
- 1 × Campeonato Sudamericano winner with Argentina in 1957
- 3 × Argentine champion with River Plate : 1955 , 1956 , 1957
- 3 × Italian champion with Juventus Turin 1957/58 , 1959/60 and 1960/61
- 3 × Italian cup winners with Juventus Turin 1958/59 , 1959/60 and 1964/65
- Footballer of the Year of Europe : 1961
- Serie A top scorer: 1959/60 (28 goals)
Web links
- Omar Sívori in the database of weltfussball.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sívori, Omar |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sívori, Enrique Omar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian-Italian soccer player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Nicolás de los Arroyos |
DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 2005 |
Place of death | San Nicolás de los Arroyos |