Raimundo Orsi

Raimundo Orsi in the jersey of Independiente

Orsi (r.) Together with Mario Magnozzi in the jersey of the Italian national team

Raimundo Bibian "Mumo" Orsi (born December 2, 1901 in Avellaneda , Argentina , † April 6, 1986 ) was an Argentine- Italian football player .

Career

Striker Mumo Orsi started at CA Independiente in his hometown of Avellaneda in 1920 . With the Argentine national team he came to Europe in 1928 for the Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , where his team won the silver medal behind Uruguay . After the Olympics he stayed in Europe and played for Juventus Turin until 1935 . With the legendary Juve team of Quinquennio d'Oro , he was five times Italian champion under Carlo Carcano or Carlo Bigatto and Benedetto Gola . In 1929, Orsi, of Italian descent, was naturalized in Italy and henceforth started for the Italian national football team . At the Soccer World Cup in Italy in 1934 he was a three-time goalscorer and played a key role in Italy's first world championship. In 1935 he returned to South America and played again for Independiente and for Peñarol Montevideo and Flamengo Rio de Janeiro .

successes

In the club

• Italian champion : 1930/31 , 1931/32 , 1932/33 , 1933/34 , 1934/35
• Uruguayan champion : 1938
• State Champion of Rio de Janeiro : 1939

In the national team

• Campeonato Sudamericano : 1927
• Silver medal at the Summer Olympics : 1928
• European National Team Cup : 1927–1930 , 1933–1935
• World Champion : 1934

Web links

Commons : Raimundo Orsi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Raimundo Orsi in the database of weltfussball.de
• Raimundo Orsi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )