Ladislao Mazurkiewicz

Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (on the left; 1974)

Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Iglesias ( born February 14, 1945 in Piriapolis, † January 2, 2013 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan football player and coach.

• 5.1 as a player
• 5.2 as coach

Playing career

Association

The for a goalkeeper at 1.79 m height rather small Mazurkiewicz (nicknamed " Chiquito " ) was a son of immigrants - a Polish father and a Spanish mother from Warsaw from A Coruña. He spoke, however, his life never Polish and has never visited the birthplace of his father. Mazurkiewicz belonged from 1961 to the first Erstligakader Racings on. In 1965 he played for Peñarol under legendary coach Roque Máspoli. Because his time was Luis Maidana in the gate, but before the decision of the semi-final of the Copa Libertadores against Santos made ​​in March 1965 disciplinary offense, whereupon he threw Máspoli from the team. When choosing a new goalkeeper, he then decided against Eduardo García and thus for Mazurkiewicz, which meant the " go-ahead " for his career. With the Aurinegros he won the Copa Libertadores in 1966 initially and after a 4-0 victory over Real Madrid and the World Cup. In the years 1965, 1967 and 1968 respectively, he was champion. In 1969 he also won the Intercontinental Supercup. His time at the Aurinegros lasted until 1971. For the period from 1971 to 1974, he then joined Atlético Mineiro in Brazil, with which he could win the 1971 Brazilian championship title. The seasons 1974/75 and 1975/76 he spent at FC Granada, came in La Liga but only two appearances. In 1976 he was back with Peñarol under contract, changed in that year but to América de Cali before, after he again began the 1978 season at the Aurinegros as a substitute goalkeeper behind Jorge Fossati, the same year for Chilean club Cobreloa moved on, where he his two years of club membership 69 league games played. In 1980, Peñarol again and CD América his employer. When the Colombians he was employed in that year in 37 encounters the Dimayor. In his last career year he won another league title with Peñarol.

National

Mazurkiewicz took part with Uruguay's selection of the Junior Football South American Championship 1964, in this won the title. On 16 May 1965 he made ​​his debut in the Uruguayan national team. His last of 36 international matches, he completed on 23 June 1974 at the World Cup tournament against Sweden.

Mazurkiewicz was also the Uruguayan cadres on at the FIFA World Cups in 1966, 1970 and 1974. A special feat he managed at the opening match of the Football World Cup 1966 against hosts England. The Uruguayan was the first non -British goalkeeper who conceded no goals in a game at Wembley. The highlight of his career probably marks the Football World Cup 1970 in Mexico, when he finished fourth with his team and was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament. As the only opposing goalkeeper he suffered no goal by World Cup top scorer Gerd Müller. Overall Mazurkiewicz completed 13 World Cup finals games for his country, making it a record holder of Uruguay. He also won the South American Championships in 1967 with the Celeste the title.

A trainer

After Mazurkiewicz in 1988 and 1989 with Peñarol had over the years as coach, the case under his direction in 1989 won the Liguilla Pre- Libertadores, he was later for the Football World Cup 2002 goalkeeper coach of the Uruguayan national team. In 2012, he worked as a goalkeeping coach at Peñarol.

Family

Leonardo Mazurkiewicz, son Ladislao Mazurkiewiczs played briefly also in the Uruguayan Primera Division. He was back at Bella Vista.

Death

On 27 December 2012, reported that Mazurkiewicz was admitted after a kidney failure to the hospital and there was, according to his friend Fernando Álvez in a serious, irreversible health condition. Two days later, he fell into a coma. He died on 2 January 2013. His death provoked numerous reactions in the world, especially the South African press and former companions and people of football. So called on the occasion of his death, for example, the former Argentine international goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol Mazurkiewicz one of the best goalkeepers in the history of South America. Peñarols vormaliger goalkeeper Gerardo Rabajda classified him even as the greatest of all. The Argentine television station C5N, the newspaper Clarín and the news agency Telam saw in him a legend, during the Chilean newspaper La Tercera highlighted its role as the best goalkeeper of the 1970 World Cup.

Achievements

As a player

• South American champions (1967 )
• U-20 South American champions (1964 )
• World Cup (1966 )
• Copa Libertadores (1966 )
• Intercontinental Supercup (1969 )
• 4x Uruguayan champion (1965, 1967, 1968 and 1981 )
• Brazilian Champion (1971 )

As coach

• Liguilla Pre- Libertadores 1989