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Sergio Goycochea
Goycochea in 2015
Personal information
Full name Sergio Javier Goycochea
Date of birth (1963-10-17) 17 October 1963 (age 61)
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
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América
Winner 1991 Chile
Winner 1993 Ecuador
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 1992 Saudi Arabia
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner 1993 Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1990 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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

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International

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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

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Club

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River Plate

Millonarios

Olimpia

International

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Argentina

Individual

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Meet the penalty killers". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Argentina: Top Ten Past Heros". Attacking Soccer. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  5. ^ "1990 FIFA World Cup | News Behind the World Cup record: Sergio Goycochea". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489614/
  7. ^ Sergio Goycochea at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ^ "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. ^ "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 1991". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  10. ^ "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 1993". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  11. ^ "South American Team of the Year". RSSSF. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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