Ubaldo Fillol

Ubaldo Matildo Fillol ( born July 21, 1950 in San Miguel del Monte, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina ) is a former Argentine footballer.

The goalkeeper Fillol began his career in 1969 with the Argentine province Club Quilmes AC and changed in 1972 in the capital for Racing Club Avellaneda. After his move to River Plate in 1974 he became one of Argentina's best goalkeepers and nominated for the Argentine national squad of the Football World Cup 1974 in Germany. In this tournament, but he was still in the shadow of goalkeeper Daniel Carnevali. This should change after the tournament. In 1977 he was elected to the Argentine Footballer of the Year and was goalkeeper in the world champion team of the Football World Cup 1978 in his home country. Even at the football World Cup in Spain in 1982, he was the number one goal of Argentina, though he never wore this number in a World Cup (1978 number "5" 1982 number " 7"), since the players of Argentina according to the alphabet their jersey numbers received ( except for Diego Maradona ).

Ubaldo Fillol is next to the only goalkeeper Dino Zoff, which was used at the World Championships in 1974, 1978 and 1982. In 1974, he was, however, in only one game between the posts (Argentina - DDR 1:1). Four years later he counted together with Mario Kempes to the service providers and the celebrated heroes who won the World Cup in their own country.

After a brief interlude in 1983 with Argentinos Juniors, he left Argentina in 1984 and played in Brazil with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro. At the age of 35 he ventured in 1985 to move to Europe and played for over a year at Atletico Madrid. In 1987 he went back to his home to Racing Club and graduated in 1990 at Velez Sarsfield his long and successful career. Today he works as a goalkeeping coach of the Argentine national team and participated in this function at the 2006 World Cup in Germany in part.

Achievements

  • Argentine champion (7): 1975 ( Metropolitana ), 1975 (Nacional ), 1977 ( Metropolitana ), 1979 ( Metropolitana ), 1979 (Nacional ), 1980 ( Metropolitana ), 1981 (Nacional)
  • Taça Guanabara: 1984
  • Taça Rio: 1985
  • Trofeo Teresa Herrera: 1986
  • Super Copa Sudamericana: 1988
  • World Champion: 1978 (7 games / 0 goals)
  • Soccer goalkeeper (Argentina )
  • Argentine Footballer of the Year
  • Football World Cup
  • Argentinian champion ( football)
  • Born in 1950
  • Man
  • Argentine
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