Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julio Elías Musimessi | ||
Date of birth | 9 July 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 4 September 1996 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Morón, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1944–1953 | Newell's Old Boys | 183 | (0) |
1953–1959 | Boca Juniors | 155 | (0) |
1960–1961 | Green Cross | ? | (?) |
International career | |||
1953–1958 | Argentina | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2008 |
Julio Elías Musimessi (9 July 1924 in Resistencia, Chaco – 4 September 1996 in Morón) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played for Newell's Old Boys, Boca Juniors and the Argentina national team.
Musimessi started his playing career in 1944 with Newell's Old Boys of Rosario, he played 183 times for the club before his transfer to Boca Juniors in 1953. In 1954 Boca won the league championship. He played 155 times for the club.
At the end of his playing career he played for Green Cross of Chile.
At international level Musimessi played 14 times for Argentina. He was part of the squad that won the 1955 Copa América. He was also included in the 1956 Copa América and the 1958 FIFA World Cup squads.
Musimessi was known as "El Arquero cantor" (the singing goalkeeper) because of his performances on radio.[1] After retiring from the game he established a bar in Morón.
Titles
Season | Team | Title |
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1954 | Boca Juniors | Primera División Argentina |
1955 | Argentina | Copa América |
References
- ^ Canciones de Mi Viejo Pueblo Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
External links
Media related to Julio Musimessi at Wikimedia Commons
- "Informe Xeneize profile" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- Julio Musimessi at BDFA (in Spanish)
- "FutbolFactory profile" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- 1924 births
- 1997 deaths
- Footballers from Resistencia, Chaco
- Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Club de Deportes Green Cross footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine football goalkeeper stubs