Luis Maidana

Luis María Silveira Maidana ( born February 22, 1934 in Pan de Azucar, Uruguay ), short- Luis Maidana, is a former Uruguayan football goalkeeper, who participated with the national team of his native country at the World Cup 1962.

Career

Club career

The only 1,75 meter Luis Maidana, who came from Pan de Azucar to Montevideo and there first played in 1951 in the youth Peñarols, moved into the 1952 season the first time in the squad of the first team of Aurinegros. For interventions he came later than the year 1954, when the previous year's champions Peñarol repeated his success. Until the next championship, it took four years. With the championship in 1958 Peñarol launched a decade of dominance in South American football. From 1958 to 1962, the team led by Maidana five times in a row champion. In 1960 the club was the inaugural round of the Copa Libertadores win. By winning the Copa Libertadores and defend the title next year, the club participated in the 1960 and 1961 at the World Cup. The first edition of the intercontinental competition Maidanas team lost against Real Madrid. In the next year succeeded, after a 5-0 victory in the return leg against Benfica, eventually winning the World Cup. Then Maidana could until the end of his career, two more championships, but not win any international title more.

National

The successful time with the CA Peñarol Maidana course had attracted the interest of the national team coach. Therefore, he announced on May 2, 1959 his debut in goal for the national team. From the time he was ten years to the inner circle of the national team. The highlight of his career in the national team was the call to the squad for the 1962 World Cup in Chile. During the World Cup he came, however, not used, but only earlier in the qualifiers against Bolivia. Overall, he came up to his last mission for Celeste on June 8, 1969, ten internationals. He conceded 17 goals ..