Amadeo Carrizo
Argentine footballer (1926-2020)
Amadeo Raúl Carrizo (12 June 1926 – 20 March 2020), popularly known by his first name "Amadeo", was an Argentine football goalkeeper. He was born in Rufino, Argentina.[1] From 1945 to 1968, he played for Club Atlético River Plate.
The IFFHS ranked Carrizo as the best South American keeper of the 20th century in 1999.[2][3][4]
He played for the Argentina national football team with significant success, especially against Brazil, but he also suffered a 6–1 defeat against Czechoslovakia, in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[5] He played for the national team from 1954 to 1964.
Carrizo died at a hospital in Buenos Aires on 20 March 2020, aged 93.[6]
References change
- ↑ "Los 80 años de Amadeo Carrizo". Clarín.com (in Spanish). 12 June 2006. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ "Raul Carrizo (Argentina) won the title of The Goalkeeper of the Century in South America before Jose Luis Chilavert and Ubaldo Fillol." https://iffhs.de/iffhs-history-south-america-player-of-the-century-1900-1999/ Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "IFFHS' Century Elections".
- ↑ "The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) chose him as the "Best South American Goalkeeper of the twentieth century.""http://www.conmebol.com/en/content/river-plate-pays-tribute-amadeo-carrizo Archived 2017-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "World Cup 1958". rsssf.com. rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ Levinsky, Sergio (20 March 2020). "Murió Amadeo Carrizo". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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