Ricardo Pavoni

Ricardo Pavoni at Independiente

Ricardo Elvio Pavoni Cúneo, out as Elbio Ricardo Pavoni ( born July 8, 1943 in Montevideo ) is a former Uruguayan football player and current coach. He played in his career for Defensor Sporting and Independiente Avellaneda and for the Uruguayan national football team.

Career

Club career

Ricardo Pavonis first stop in football was the Uruguayan capital club Defensor Sporting. Here he played from 1960 to 1964 without much success, the balance of power in the Uruguayan football were already distributed in the sixties, very in favor of Peñarol and Nacional Montevideo. 1964 Pavoni was the Argentine top club CA Independiente obliged to replace his fellow countryman Tomás Rolan, as this had been seriously injured. Ricardo Pavoni had thereby immediately his place was safe and this also does not restore until 1976 he took leave from the Estadio Libertadores de América. From 1965 to 1976 Pavoni had competitions brought with Independiente twelve major titles and 423 league games in La Liga with 57 goals completed. Three times was the midfielder Argentine champion for the first time in the National Competition in 1967, when it first was with two points ahead of Estudiantes de La Plata. Almost three years later, in 1970, succeeded in winning the Metropolitano championship title for the second Pavoni with Independiente. This time they ranked after all the game day tied with CA River Plate in the first place, only on goal difference decided the championship for Independiente. Was exactly one year later, again in the Metropolitano, you won for the third time in the league, as the first rank, one point ahead of CA Velez Sarsfield, occupied.

Due to the success at the national level took CA Independiente often continental tournaments. Already in his first year with the club Ricardo Pavoni was already involved in the second win of the Copa Libertadores, his first game for Independiente was a game of the Copa Libertadores in 1965 against Boca Juniors, the Independiente, the Pavonis team won 2-0. Despite a 0-1 defeat in the return leg to stand in the final, which they won against CA Peñarol. Ricardo Pavoni did not come in those three finals for use. In the following a little later play for the World Cup against the winner in the European Cup of Champions 1964/65, Inter Milan, Pavoni played both games, but could not prevent the defeat. Now, after seven years without any international title, the seventies were the most successful period in the club's history Independiente Avellaneda and also in the career of Ricardo Pavoni. In 1972 was won by a final victory against Universitario de Deportes of Peru for the second time Pavoni and for the third time for his club in the Copa Libertadores, the World Cup final was clearly lost against Ajax Amsterdam. In the Copa Libertadores 1973 Independiente managed to defend the title, in the final Colo -Colo was defeated in Chile's capital Santiago. This time, it was also successful in the World Cup, Independiente won with a goal by Ricardo Bochini 1-0 against Juventus. This should be the only World Cup for Ricardo Pavoni, while still twice the Copa Libertadores was recovered. At the tournament in 1974 they won the final against Sao Paulo, Ricardo Pavoni met in the playoff for the important 1-0, which Independiente won the title. In 1975, he was also present when Independiente crowned last for nine years time to Libertadores winner and Unión Española was in the final behind.

Ricardo Pavoni is among the supporters of CA Independiente still very popular today. He had made himself in his playing days mainly by flank runs and by strong free-kicks a name. After the End of career Pavoni Independiente remained faithful and coached youth teams until today often or the reserve team of the club. Twice he was also head coach on an interim basis after Miguel Brindisi were 1995 and Daniel Garnero released in 2010.

National

Ricardo Pavoni came from his debut on August 15, 1962 until his last mission on 23 June 1974, thirteen matches (two goals) in the Uruguayan national football team. This small number of international matches can be attributed to the fact that it was not customary at that time to play as a national player in the league of another country. In 1974, Ricardo Pavoni was appointed by Uruguay's coach Roberto Porta in the squad for the World Cup in Germany. With just one point from three games, the team of two-time world champion already retired from after the first round. Pavoni played in all three games of Uruguay over the full season and a 1-1 draw against Bulgaria in the 87.Spielminute scored the only goal for Uruguay in the World Cup and his second and final international goal.

Achievements

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