Edgardo Andrada

Edgardo Norberto Andrada (2 January 1939 – 4 September 2019)[2] was an Argentine footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several top level Argentine and Brazilian clubs.[3]

Edgardo Andrada
Personal information
Full name Edgardo Norberto Andrada
Date of birth (1939-01-02)2 January 1939
Place of birth Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Date of death 4 September 2019(2019-09-04) (aged 80)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1969 Rosario Central 283 (0)
1969–1975 Vasco
1976 Vitória
1977–1982 Colón 122 (0)
1982 Renato Cesarini 16 (0)
National team
1961–1969 Argentina 20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Rosario, Santa Fe province,[3] Edgardo Andrada initially tried a career as a basketball player, then, when he was 19 years old, he unsuccessfully tried to work as San Lorenzo's goalkeeper, eventually joining Rosario Central, of his home city Rosario,[4] where he started his professional career in 1960,[5] staying in the club until 1969,[5] playing 283 matches.[6] In 1969, he moved to Vasco, of Brazil, leaving the club in 1975.[3]

On 19 November 1969, at Estádio do Maracanã, Edgardo Andrada suffered Pelé's 1000th goal,[3] scored from a penalty kick.[7] While playing for Vasco, he won the Campeonato Carioca in 1970,[3] Placar's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Bola de Prata award in 1971,[8] and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1974.[3] In 1976, he played for Vitória, returning to Argentina in 1977, where he played 122 matches for Colón[6] between that year and 1982,[3] and 16 matches for Renato Cesarini in 1982,[6] when he retired.[6]

National team

Edgardo Andrada was Argentina's goalkeeper during the 1963 South American Championship, held in Bolivia.[9]

References
  1. "Edgardo Andrada". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. "Murió "el Gato" Andrada, un símbolo de Central". Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata.
  3. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 26. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  4. "Andrada, o goleiro 1000" (in Portuguese). Papo de Bola. 11 January 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
  5. "Andrada (ex-goleiro do Vasco)" (in Portuguese). Milton Neves. 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
  6. "Una eternidad en el arco". Clarín (in Spanish). 5 April 2002. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
  7. "Protagonistas inusuales" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
  8. "Guia 2008 Brasileirão" (1318-B). São Paulo: Editora Abril. 2008: 155. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "El Lobo já deixou a sua marca no Ba x Vi" (in Portuguese). Barradão On Line. 11 January 2006. Archived from the original on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
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