Héctor Baley

Héctor Rodolfo Baley ( born November 16, 1950 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos ) is a former Argentine footballer. The goalkeeper took with the national team of his native country participated in the FIFA World Cup in 1978 and 1982 and won the 1978 world title.

Career

Club career

Héctor Baley started his footballing career at Estudiantes de La Plata from the capital of the province of Buenos Aires. When club coached by Osvaldo Zubeldía he acted but only as a substitute goalkeeper, because of regular keeper Alberto Poletti was the late sixties at Estudiantes not get past. Baley remained until the year 1971 at the club, but completed only three league games in three years. However, replacement player, he won three Copa Libertadores in 1968, 1969 and 1970. After he left Estudiantes in 1971, he spent two years without a club before he was hired in 1973 by CA Colon. There he remained, without celebrating great success, until 1976, it brought but as a regular player on 79 missions for the club from Santa Fe. In 1976, he then went to CA Huracán. Two years later he left the club from Buenos Aires towards CA Independiente Avellaneda from. There he was involved as a goalkeeper in the profits of the Nacional championship of 1978, when the team led by Enzo Trossero, Omar Larrosa and Ricardo Bochini won against CA River Plate in the final with 0-0 and 2-0. After three years at Independiente, he moved to CA Talleres Cordoba to in the second largest city of Argentina. After 156 league games in Talleres, he finished his career there in 1987 at the age of 37 years.

National

In the Argentine national football team, it brought Héctor Baley 1976-1982 to thirteen missions. From coach César Luis Menotti, he was appointed to the South American squad for the FIFA 1978 World Cup in their own country. At the World Championships he was third-choice goalkeeper behind Ubaldo Fillol and Ricardo La Volpe and was not used. Meanwhile, his team won for the first time the world title after he was defeated in the final at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time. Four years later, in Spain the world champions title should be defended, but this time the Argentine selection already retired in the second round of. Héctor Baley was also nominated for this world championship, but was again not used. Overall Baley played 13 times for Argentina. One of his most famous games in the dress of the Gauchos was a friendly match in 1982 against Germany, Argentina where also thanks to a well placed goalkeeper Baley a 1-1 draw.