Aldo Poy

Poy 1970 at Rosario Central

Aldo Pedro Poy ( born September 14, 1945 in Rosario ) is a former Argentine footballer. At club level, exclusively for his hometown club Rosario Central CA active and two league titles also quite successful, he also took part in the Football World Cup 1974 in Germany with the national team of his native country.

Career

Club career

Aldo Poy was born in 1945 in Rosario (Santa Fe) to Buenos Aires and Córdoba third largest city of Argentina, played his entire footballing career for the club CA Rosario Central. He was admitted in 1965 into the first team, where he played until the year 1974 in 292 league games, in which he scored 61 Torerfolge.

The midfielder was part of the team of Rosario Central, the ever brought under coach Ángel Labruna, once as a player of the legendary actor Maquina River Plate, in 1971 the first Argentine championship for Rosario Central. In the Torneo Nacional of the Primera División in 1971 they sat down in the final 2-1 against San Lorenzo de Almagro by after previously local rivals CA Newell 's Old Boys was beaten by a goal by Aldo Poy 1-0 in the semifinals. This gate, a diving header was well known in Argentina as La Palomita and is still the brand Aldo Poys. This one was for the Copa Libertadores eligible to start in 1972, where the already came in the first round of, however, when you are in the group 1 only was second behind Independiente Avellaneda and before the two Colombian representatives Independiente Santa Fe and Atlético Nacional, but only the group first further came. In league play you could not build on the achievements of the previous year in the 1972 season. In 1973, then managed again to bring the Argentine championship in the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito. After eighth place in the Torneo Metropolitano could decide the final round of the Torneo Nacional with two points ahead of River Plate for themselves and thus celebrate the Argentine championship Nacional 1973. But this time the following year, followed by the early exit in the Copa Libertadores a second group the qualifying round Group 1 behind CA Huracán and against the Chilean teams Unión Española and CSD Colo -Colo.

In 1974, then ended the active life of Aldo Poy at Rosario Central after nine years and won two league titles. The early end to the career of only 29 years, came about due to an injury. In the championship game against Newell 's Old Boys he was injured severely, had surgery and then returned to professional football. A little later, however, the injury broke again, Poy underwent surgery again and decided as a result to end his footballing career.

National

In the years 1973 and 1974 it brought Aldo Poy two caps for the Argentina national football team. However, a Torerfolge not succeed here. From National Coach Vladislao Cap he was appointed to the South American squad for the World Cup 1974 in Germany. The tournament Poy was not used. The Argentine team, however, reached the second group stage, left there then but the last one behind the Netherlands, Brazil and East Germany without a win from.

Achievements

• Argentine Championship: 2x