Atilio José Demaría (; 19 March 1909 – 11 November 1990), Italianized as Attilio Demaria (), was an

Italian Argentine Italian Argentines (; , or ''tanos'' in Rioplatense Spanish) are Argentine-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Argentina during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people ...

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, who played as a striker. He played club football in Argentina and Italy. At international level, he represented

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in the 1930 World Cup and

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in the

1934 World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the 2nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in whi ...

, reaching the finals of both tournaments and winning the latter edition of the competition.

Club career

Demaría was born in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

. After starting his career in Argentina, he played 295 games for

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...

of Italy between 1931 and 1943, scoring 86 goals for the club, also serving as the team's

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between 1940 and 1943. Demaría also played for Gimnasia de La Plata,

Estudiantil Porteño Club Atlético Estudiantil Porteño, mostly known as Estudiantil Porteño is an Argentina, Argentine sports club, located in the Ramos Mejía district of Greater Buenos Aires. The institution hosts many activities such as artistic roller skating, ...

and

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in Argentina and

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and

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in Italy.

International career

Demaría represented the Argentina national team on three occasions between 1930 and 1931, and took part in the 1930 World Cup, winning a runners-up medal. He was later also a member of the

squad that won the

on home soil as well as the squad that won the 1933–35 Central European International Cup; in total, he made thirteen appearances for Italy between 1932 and 1940, scoring three goals.

Personal life

His younger brother Félix Demaría also played football professionally, including a season for Ambrosiana-Inter. To distinguish them, Attilio was referred to as Demaría I and Félix as Demaría II. Attilio Demaría died in

Haedo, Buenos Aires Haedo is a city located in Morón Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the urban conurbation of Greater Buenos Aires. With a surface of 6.11 km², it had 38,068 inhabitants as of 2001, down 13% from the 1991 census. N ...

on 11 November 1990.

Honours

Ambrosiana-Inter *

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

: 1939–40 *

Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...

: 1938–39 Argentina *

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: Runner-up

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...

;

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

Central European International Cup The European International Cup of Nations was an international football competition held by certain national teams from Central Europe & South Europe between 1927 and 1960.Leo Schidrowitz "Internationaler Cup", Vienna 1954 There were competitions ...

: 1933–35

External links

Profile
on the Inter website

1909 births 1990 deaths Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Italian men's footballers Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Dual internationalists (men's football) Argentina men's international footballers Italy men's international footballers 1930 FIFA World Cup players 1934 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup–winning players Club Atlético Independiente footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Inter Milan players Novara FC players AC Legnano players Cosenza Calcio 1914 players Argentine Primera División players Serie A players Serie B players Italian sportspeople of Argentine descent Italian football managers Argentine football managers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Italian expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate football managers 20th-century Italian sportsmen 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Italy-footy-forward-1900s-stub