Sergio Goycochea
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| Full name | Sergio Javier Goycochea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1982 | Defensores Unidos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1988 | River Plate | 58 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Millonarios | 39 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Racing Club | 35 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Brest | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Cerro Porteño | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Olimpia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | River Plate | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Mandiyú | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Internacional | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Vélez Sársfield | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Newell's Old Boys | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 226 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Argentina U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1994 | Argentina | 44 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sergio Javier Goycochea (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈseɾxjo xaˈβjeɾ ɣojkoˈtʃea]; born 17 October 1963) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is best known for helping his country reach the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final with his penalty kick saves.[1]
Club career
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Goycochea played a few months in the French second division in 1991 for Stade Brestois 29, then named Brest Armorique, a team which included players such as David Ginola, Corentin Martins and Stéphane Guivarc'h. Nonetheless, the team went bankrupt in November of that year, and was moved to the third division and lost its professional-team status.[citation needed]
International career
[edit]Goycochea was the substitute for Nery Pumpido both in River Plate and in the Argentina national team, and got his big break at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.[2] When Pumpido broke his leg in Argentina's second group game against the Soviet Union, Goycochea stepped in and remained the team's starting goalkeeper for the remainder of the tournament.[3]
In the knockout stage, Goycochea effectively played a huge part in keeping Argentina in the tournament; he kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 Second Round victory over Brazil and saved penalties in the quarter-final and semi-final penalty shootout victories against Yugoslavia and Italy. He was also close to saving the game-winning penalty kick from Andreas Brehme in the final against Germany, which Argentina lost 1–0.[4] He was chosen as the goalkeeper of the Cup's All-Star Team. Reflecting on the 1990 tournament, Goycochea told FIFA: "To my mind, it was as if we were world champions again anyway".[5]
With the national team, Goycochea went on to won the 1991 Copa América, 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup, 1993 Artemio Franchi Cup, and 1993 Copa América. At the latter tournament, he appeared on TV commercials for a Pepsi promotion by PepsiCo's division in Guayaquil. Goycochea also was on TV commercials for Adidas years later.[citation needed]
His last name, Goycochea, spelled without e, but which other people of the same genealogy spell as Goycoechea, is derived from the Basque surname Goikoetxea meaning topmost house (from goiko "of the top" and etxe "house"). Sergio is frequently nicknamed thus El Vasco, but also El Goyco.
Goycochea is a football journalist hosting Elegante Sport (Argentina's Canal 7) and has partnered with Diego Maradona at La Noche del 10.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- Source:[7]
| Argentina national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 44 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]River Plate
- Argentine Primera División: 1985–86, 1993 Apertura
- Copa Interamericana: 1986
- Intercontinental Cup: 1986
- Copa Centenario de la AFA runner-up: 1993
Millonarios
Olimpia
- Copa CONMEBOL runner-up: 1992
International
[edit]Argentina
- Copa América: 1991, 1993
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 1992
- Artemio Franchi Cup: 1993
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1990
Individual
[edit]- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990
- Footballer of the Year of Argentina: 1990
- FIFA XI: 1991[8]
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (2): Silver ball 1991,[9] 1993[10]
- South American Team of the Year (2): 1992, 1993[11]
- Copa América player of the tournament: 1993
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Meet the penalty killers". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "El día que a Sergio Goycochea le tocó debutar en el Mundial tras la fractura de Nery Pumpido". TN Argentina (in Spanish). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Los secretos de Sergio Goycochea para brillar en los penales del Mundial de Italia 1990". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 3 July 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Argentina: Top Ten Past Heros". Attacking Soccer. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ "1990 FIFA World Cup | News Behind the World Cup record: Sergio Goycochea". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489614/
- ^ Sergio Goycochea at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 1991". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 1993". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "South American Team of the Year". RSSSF. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
External links
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- Futbol Factory profile (Archived) (in Spanish)
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI[usurped] (in Spanish)
- Interview to Sergio Goycochea – Diagonal (in Spanish)
- Globo Esporte's Futpédia entry (in Portuguese)
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Argentine men's footballers
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- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1992 King Fahd Cup players
- 1987 Copa América players
- 1991 Copa América players
- 1993 Copa América players
- Copa América–winning players
- Copa Libertadores–winning players
- FIFA Confederations Cup–winning players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Stade Brestois 29 players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Millonarios F.C. players
- Deportivo Mandiyú footballers
- SC Internacional players
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- Club Olimpia footballers
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- Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
- Argentine television personalities
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