Omar Sívori

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Omar Sívori
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Sívori 1954
Personnel
Surname Enrique Omar Sívori
birthday October 2, 1935
place of birth San Nicolás de los ArroyosArgentina
date of death February 17, 2005
Place of death San Nicolás de los ArroyosArgentina
size 170 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1954-1957 River Plate 63 0(29)
1957-1965 Juventus Turin 215 (134)
1965-1969 SSC Naples 63 0(12)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1956-1957 Argentina 19 00(9)
1961–1962 Italy 9 00(8)
1 Only league games are given.
Omar Sívori

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

Web links

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