Norberto Scoponi
Norberto Hugo Scoponi ( born January 13, 1961 in Rosario ) is a former Argentine football goalkeeper. At club level for a long time at Newell 's Old Boys active and there also very successful, he also took part in the Football World Cup 1994 in the U.S. with the national team of his native country.
Career
Club career
Norberto Scoponi, born 1961 in Rosario, the third largest city of Argentina, began playing football in the youth divisions of the resident association CA Newell 's Old Boys, where he was eventually incorporated into the first team in 1982 at the age of 21. In the following twelve years, until 1994, the goalkeeper now played for Newell's Old Boys, and quite successfully. For the first time 1987/88 was achieved winning the Argentine Football Championship when you are in the Primera División in first place with six points ahead of San Lorenzo de Almagro finished. In the same year, the team of coach Jose Yudica reached the final in the Copa Libertadores, the most important football tournament for club teams in South America. There you failed, however, despite a 1-0 first leg victory after a 0:3 after extra time against the Uruguayan representative Nacional Montevideo. Norberto Scoponi was in both finals in goal for Newell 's Old Boys, as well as four years later in the second and to date last Libertadores finals of the association. The now coached by club legend Marcelo Bielsa team around players like Mauricio Pochettino, Gerardo Martino or just Scoponi sat in the semi-final against América de Cali on penalties, but missed in this same a few weeks later winning the title. After winning the first leg at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito home 1-0 against FC São Paulo, the Brazilian won the return leg also 1-0 after extra time, the result was still standing. In the subsequent penalty shootout São Paulo showed their nerve and won 3-2. But Norberto Scoponi previously had won with the Newell 's Old Boys two other Argentine league titles. In the 1990/91 season they won the Cup final against Boca Juniors 3-1 in a penalty shootout, while after adjustment of the League operation on Apertura / Clausura 1992 Clausura Championship victorious designed. There you ranked at the end of two points ahead of CA Velez Sarsfield on the first place in the standings.
Norberto Scoponi remained until 1994 at Newell 's Old Boys and made a total of 380 league games for the club. He then joined 33 -year-old Mexican first division club CD Cruz Azul, made in two years 66 league games and left Mexico for the 1998 season in order to return to his home country of Argentina. After three seasons at Independiente Avellaneda and 27 missions in La Liga ended his footballing career Norberto Scoponi at the age of 39 years.
National
Without ever having played one match for the national team of his native country, national coach Alfio Basile nominated the keeper of Newell 's Old Boys for the football World Cup 1994 in the United States. In the tournament, however Scoponi was only third choice behind Sergio Goycochea and Luis Islas, and was not used. The Argentine team, however, different as Acting Vice World Champion already in the second round against the outsider from Romania from after they had already survived the first round only with major problems.
Achievements
- Final of the Copa Libertadores: 2x
- Argentine Championship: 3x
- Copa América: 1x