Rolando Irusta
Rolando Hugo Irusta (born March 27, 1938 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine soccer player.
Career
society
Rolando Irusta began playing football at the local River Plate club . However, he was not used there in 1958 and moved to Cemento Armado in the province. After a few years in sub-league football in Argentina, he was signed in 1962 by CA Lanús from the province of Buenos Aires . In 132 league games, Rolando Irusta guarded the goal of Lanús over the next five years. Half a year after the 1966 World Cup, Rolando Irusta's time in Lanús ended, he went to CA Huracán . There he played football less successfully for a year and only played four games. After a year without a job, Irusta was goalkeeper at Atlético Excursionistas from 1969, where he made another 41 games until 1971.
In 1972, the Venezuelan club Portuguesa FC signed him .
National team
National coach Juan Carlos Lorenzo appointed him to the squad for the 1966 World Cup in England . At the tournament, Irusta was only the third goalkeeper behind Antonio Roma and Hugo Gatti , he was not used. His team, however, reached the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated 0-1 against the eventual world champion from the motherland of football. Even later, Rolando Irusta never made an international appearance.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ El paso mundialista por Venezuela ( Memento of the original dated December 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from talcualdigital.com from September 11, 2002, accessed October 23, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Irusta, Rolando |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Irusta, Rolando Hugo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires , Argentina |