| Sergio Goycochea | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Javier Goycochea | |
| Date of birth | October 17, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Lima, Argentina | |
| Height | 1. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers on a coast overlooking For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. 85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1979-1982 1982-1988 1988-1990 1991 1992 1992 1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 |
Defensores Unidos River Plate Millonarios Racing Club Brest Cerro Porteño Olimpia River Plate Mandiyú Internacional Vélez Sársfield Newell's Old Boys |
- 58 (0) - 35 (0) - - - 16 (0) 30 (0) - 2 (0) 13 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1988-1994 | Argentina | 44 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Sergio Javier Goycochea [ˈzeɾ. xjo xa. ˈβjeɾ ɰoj. ko. ˈʧe. a] (born October 17, 1963 in Lima, Buenos Aires) is a famous Argentine former football goalkeeper. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buenos Aires Province (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires is the most populated province of Argentina. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered He is best known for his penalty kick saves. A penalty kick is a type of free kick in Association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of
Goycochea was the substitute for Nery Pumpido both in River Plate and in the Argentine national team, and got his big break in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, when Pumpido was injured in Argentina's second group game against the Soviet Union. Nery Alberto Pumpido (born July 30, 1957 in Monje Santa Fe) is a football coach and former Goalkeeper who played Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is an Argentine Sports club best known for its football The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA The USSR national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. Goycochea was then the goalkeeper in the penalty shootout in the quarterfinal game against the Yugoslavian team. Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament The Yugoslavia national football team refers to the national football team that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920-1941 and the Socialist Federal Republic In the semifinal game against Italy, he saved penalty kicks in the penalty shootout from players Roberto Donadoni and Aldo Serena. The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition Roberto Donadoni (born September 9, 1963 in Cisano Bergamasco, Province of Bergamo, Lombardy) is an Italian football Aldo Serena (born in Montebelluna on 25 June 1960) is an Italian former footballer. He was also close to saving the heavily criticized game-winning penalty kick of the 1990 World Cup final against Germany, which Argentina lost 0-1. Edgardo Codesal Méndez is an Uruguayan Mexican Football (soccer referee, best known for supervising the final match of the 1990 World Cup The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since He was chosen as the goalkeeper of the Cup's All-Star Team. At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest in different aspects of the game
El Goyco also played a few months in 1991 for the team Stade Brestois 29 from Brest in the region of Bretagne, which was then named Brest Armorique, and was in the French second division and included players David Ginola, Corentin Martins and Stéphane Guivarc'h. Brest (bʁɛst in French, in Breton) is a city in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. David Ginola (born January 25, 1967 in Gassin, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) is a former French international football Corentin Martins is a former French football player who used to play midfielder Stéphane Guivarc'h (born 6 September 1970 in Concarneau, Finistère) is a French former football player Nonetheless, the team went bankrupt in November of that year, and was moved to the third division and lost its professional-team status.
With the national team, Goycochea also won the 1993 Copa América final in Ecuador on July 4, 1993 with Argentina 2-1 against goalkeeper Jorge Campos' Mexican national team. The 1993 Copa América football tournament was held in Ecuador between June 15 and July 4. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Jorge Campos Navarrete (nicknamed El Brody or Chiqui-Campos) (born October 15 1966 is a Mexican football coach and The Mexican national football team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and represents Mexico in international football competition On the occasion of that 1993 Copa América tournament, Goycochea appeared on TV commercials for a Pepsi promotion by PepsiCo's division in Guayaquil. A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced Pepsi-Cola is a carbonated beverage that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. PepsiCo Incorporated (Short for Pepsi Company ( is a large conglomerate with interests in manufacturing marketing and selling a wide variety of carbonated and non- carbonated He also was on TV commercials for Adidas soccer apparel some years later. WikipediaManual of Style (trademarks, which says "Lowercased trademarks with no internal Clothing (also called clothes, accoutrements, accouterments, or habiliments) protects the Human body from extreme Weather
His last name, Goycochea, spelled without e, but which other people of the same genealogy spell as Goycoechea, is derived from a Basque-language expression meaning topmost house (from goyko, above, and etxe, house), and so Sergio is frequently nicknamed El Vasco, but also El Goyco. Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain
For Argentina, Goycochea played in the following competitions:
- 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy (runners-up)
- Copa América 1991 Chile (champions)
- Copa América 1993 Ecuador (champions)
- 1994 FIFA World Cup U.S. (second round, substitute)
Nowadays, Goycochea is a football journalist hosting Resto del mundo (Argentina's Canal 13) and he partnered Diego Maradona at La noche del Diez. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Copa América 1991 football tournament was hosted by Chile, from July 8 to July 21, 1991. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The 1993 Copa América football tournament was held in Ecuador between June 15 and July 4. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Canal 13 is an Argentine Television network. LS85 TV Canal 13 Buenos Aires began its transmissions in 1960
External links
- Career setails at National Football Teams
- (Spanish) Argnetine Primera statistics
External links
- (Spanish) Interview to Sergio Goycochea - Diagonal
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