AnÃbal Paz

Aníbal Luis Paz ( born May 21, 1917 ( according to other sources on 18 February 1918) in the Prado, Montevideo, † March 21, 2013 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan football player.

Club career

The El Canario said goalkeeper was born in Montevideo's Neighborhood Prado. But another source called the Belvedere neighborhood as place of birth. First, at Belvederer Club General Hornos and then at the Rampla Juniors playing, Paz began his career at club level, finally in 1933 Liverpool Montevideo, where he first mittrainierte at the age of 14 or 15 years. When antretenden in the Intermedia association was Paz champion in that league. 1937 changed the goalkeeper then to Bella Vista. 1939 began his athletic successful period, when he - on the recommendation Roberto Portas - the big montevideanischen Club Nacional joined. There, over 13 years undisputed master player could win up to 1953 a total of nine Uruguayan national champion with his teammates and was there at the legendary Quinquenio de Oro involved (1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950 and 1952). In addition Nacional triumphed at this time in the years 1942 and 1946 the Copa Río de la Plata. In recent years, his 14-year association membership Paz worked there as a captain of the team. His last game for the Bolsos he completed on November 14, 1953 against Danubio. Overall, he came to 471 inserts for Nacional, making it by Emilio Álvarez Walter Nacional's the player with the largest number of games for the club in the club's history. 1954 Paz played at the end of his career still niederklassig for the Racing Club Montevideo.

National

Paz was also a member of the national team of his native country. He took her part in the Football World Cup 1950 and won the world title there. In the tournament, however, the deputy of the tribe goalkeeper Roque Máspoli came only in the game against Sweden for use. In addition, he contributed to the South Championships, the Campeonato Sudamericano 1942, at which Uruguay was also able to secure the title. Also in the Campeonato Sudamericano 1939 ( without insert), 1941 and 1946 Paz was part of the Uruguayan squad. Overall, he completed between 12 March 1940 and July 13, 1950 22 international matches in which he conceded 31 goals.

After the career

After his playing career Paz exercised in 1969 next to the former head coach Zezé Moreira the Goalkeeper Coach function with Nacional and was so with the expansion of the capabilities of the Brazilian goalkeeper manga.