Julio Elías Musimessi (9 July 1924 in
Resistencia, Chaco
Resistencia () is the capital and largest city of the province of Chaco in north-eastern Argentina. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city proper was 291,720 inhabitants. It is the anchor of a larger metropolitan area, Greater ...
– 4 September 1996 in
Morón) was an
Argentine football goalkeeper who played for
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
,
Boca Juniors and the
Argentina national team.
Musimessi started his playing career in 1944 with
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
of
Rosario, he played 183 times for the club before his transfer to
Boca Juniors in 1953. In 1954 Boca won the
league championship. He played 155 times for the club.
At the end of his playing career he played for
Green Cross of
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
.
At international level Musimessi played 14 times for
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. He was part of the squad that won the
1955 Copa América. He was also included in the
1956 Copa América and the
1958 FIFA World Cup squads.
Musimessi was known as "El Arquero cantor" (the singing goalkeeper) because of his performances on radio.
Canciones de Mi Viejo Pueblo
After retiring from the game he established a bar in Morón.
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1924 births
1997 deaths
Footballers from Resistencia, Chaco
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
1958 FIFA World Cup players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Newell's Old Boys footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Club de Deportes Green Cross footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Argentine Primera División players
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
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