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| Full name | Antonio Alzamendi Casas | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1956-06-07)7 June 1956 (age 69) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Durazno, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | Wanderers de Durazno | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1976 | Policial de Durazno | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Sud América | 31 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | Independiente | 185 | (75) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | River Plate | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Nacional | 17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Tecos UAG | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Peñarol | 28 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | River Plate | 77 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Logroñés | 62 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990/'91 | Deportivo Mandiyú | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Rampla Juniors | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1990 | Uruguay | 32 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Antonio Alzamendi Casas (born 7 June 1956) is a Uruguayan formerfootballer who played as aforward.
His official debut was with theUruguayan team Wanderers de Durazno. Alzamendi played forUruguay at the1986 and1990 FIFA World Cups, scoring againstWest Germany in 1986. He played several years forRiver Plate ofArgentina, winning both theCopa Libertadores de América andIntercontinental Cup in 1986. On Intercontinental Cup final, Alzamendi was named asman of the match and got the only goal of the game in the 28th minute when he headed into the net after his initial shot had hit the post and then came back off the goalkeeper.[1] That year he was also namedSouth American Footballer of the Year.
In July 2001 he was appointed as coach of the AustralianNational Soccer League teamCanberra Cosmos. However his contract was then terminated shortly after due to financial problems with the club.
In 2008, he became the coach ofSport Ancash fromPeru.
Independiente
Nacional
River Plate
Uruguay
| Preceded by | World Club Championship Best Player 1986 | Succeeded by |
Men's winners (Rey de América) | |
| El Mundo award | |
| El Gráfico award | |
| El País award |
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Women's winners (Reina de América) | |
| El País award | |
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