Amadeo Raúl Carrizo (12 June 1926 – 20 March 2020), popularly known by his first name "Amadeo", was an Argentine football

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and manager. Carrizo is considered a pioneer of the position, helping to innovate techniques and strategies for goalkeepers. The

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ranked Carrizo as the best South American keeper of the 20th century in 1999. He was the first goalkeeper in Argentina to wear gloves, following an example by Italy's Giovanni Viola. He also was the first one to regularly leave the

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to defend his goal and the first one to use

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s as a strategy to start counterattacks. His way of playing has inspired many famous South American keepers, most notably Hugo Orlando Gatti,

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, and

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. Germany's

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is a more recent exponent of this style. He made his debut in the

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on 6 May 1945, playing for River Plate. The match was against Independiente, River Plate won 2–1. During his time at River Plate, he played alongside stars such as José Manuel Moreno,

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, Adolfo Pedernera,

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and the young

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. He won seven national Championship trophies in 1945, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956 and 1957. With River he also won the

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of 1945 and 1947 and the

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by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF or simply Copa Ibarguren was an offic ...

of 1952, and reached the 1966 Copa Libertadores Finals, losing out after three matches against CA Peñarol of Uruguay. He played for the Argentina national football team with significant success, especially against

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, but he also suffered a 6–1 defeat against

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, in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In 1964 he won with Argentina the Taça das Nações, a tournament held in Brazil, featuring also England and Portugal, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Brazilian Football Confederation. In 1968, Carrizo simultaneously established two records for his time: official matches for River Plate in the

(521) and consecutive matches without conceding any goals (8, resp. 769 minutes). In 1969 he reinforced two Peruvian teams in one match for each: Alianza Lima in a match against

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and

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in a match against

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from Brazil. In April 1969 he joined the Colombian team

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where he ended his career as keeper in April 1970. His sometimes acrobatic saves earned him the moniker Tarzan from the local audience. In 1973 Carrizo managed Deportivo Armenio, a club from the

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and led the team to promotion to the league Primera C. In 1973 he returned to Colombia, to manage first division team

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, from

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, then known as Cristal Caldas.
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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrizo, Amadeo 1926 births 2020 deaths People from General López Department Sportspeople from Santa Fe Province Argentine footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Millonarios F.C. players Association football goalkeepers 1958 FIFA World Cup players Argentina international footballers Argentine Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Colombia