Julio Cozzi Explained

Julio Cozzi
Fullname:Julio Adolfo Cozzi
Birth Date:14 July 1922
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1941–1949
Years2:1950–1954
Years3:1955
Years4:1956–1958
Years5:1959–1960
Years6:1961
Clubs1:Platense
Clubs2:Millonarios
Clubs3:Platense
Clubs4:Independiente
Clubs5:Banfield
Clubs6:Millonarios
Caps1:196
Caps2:88
Caps3:(see above)
Caps4:73
Goals1:0
Goals2:1
Goals4:0
Nationalteam1:Argentina
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:0

Julio Adolfo Cozzi (14 July 1922 – 25 September 2011) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who won the Copa América 1947 with the Argentina national team.

Cozzi started his career in 1941 with Club Atlético Platense. He played for the club until 1949 when he joined Millonarios of Colombia where his team mates included Alfredo di Stéfano and Adolfo Pedernera.

Cozzi returned to Platense in 1955, he went on to play for Independiente between 1956 and 1959 and then Banfield of the Argentine 2nd division.

On 25 September 2011, he suffered a heart attack and died at the Clinic Fundación Favaloro in Buenos Aires.[1]

Titles

SeasonTeamTitle
1947ArgentinaCopa América
1949 Colombian league
1951 Colombian league
1952 Colombian league
1952-53 Copa Colombia
1953 Colombian league
1953 Pequeña Copa del Mundo

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.clarin.com/deportes/Murio-Julio-Cozzi-gloria-Platense_0_560944193.html Clarin.com (Spanish)