Edgardo Andrada | |
Fullname: | Edgardo Norberto Andrada |
Birth Date: | 1939 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina |
Height: | 1.78 m[1] |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1960 - 1969 |
Years2: | 1969 - 1975 |
Years3: | 1976 |
Years4: | 1977 - 1982 |
Years5: | 1982 |
Clubs5: | Renato Cesarini |
Caps1: | 283 |
Caps4: | 122 |
Caps5: | 16 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1961–1969 |
Nationalteam1: | Argentina |
Nationalcaps1: | 20 |
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]
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]
Edgardo Andrada was Argentina's goalkeeper during the 1963 South American Championship, held in Bolivia.[9]