Alfredo J. Zibechi (30 October 1894 – 19 June 1958) was a
Uruguay
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an
footballer
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who played for the
Uruguay national team between 1915 and 1924.
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Zibechi was part of 6 Copa América squads, and was involved in three triumphs in the competition (1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* J ...
, 1920 & 1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...
). He was also a member of the Uruguayan squad which won the gold medal in the 1924 Olympics. Zibechi started playing club football for Montevideo Wanderers
Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera. Beside football, the cl ...
and in 1919 or 1920 moved to Nacional
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Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
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.
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1894 births
1958 deaths
Uruguayan people of Italian descent
Uruguayan footballers
Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Uruguay
Olympic gold medalists for Uruguay
Uruguay men's international footballers
Uruguayan Primera División players
Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
Club Nacional de Football players
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Copa América-winning players
Men's association football midfielders
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