SOCCER PLAYER

Amadeo Carrizo

1926 - 2020

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Amadeo Raúl Carrizo Larretape (12 June 1926 – 20 March 2020), popularly known by his first name "Amadeo", was an Argentine football goalkeeper and manager. Carrizo is considered a pioneer of the position, helping to innovate techniques and strategies for goalkeepers. The IFFHS ranked Carrizo as the best South American keeper of the 20th century in 1999. He was the first goalkeeper in Argentina to wear gloves, following an example by Italy's Giovanni Viola. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amadeo Carrizo is the 839th most popular soccer player (down from 623rd in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 120th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Argentinean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Amadeo Carrizo ranks 839 out of 21,273. Before him are Tomislav Crnković, Félix Miélli Venerando, Tommy Smith, Paulo Fonseca, Ferenc Plattkó, and John Obi Mikel. After him are Txiki Begiristain, Delio Onnis, Ikuo Takahara, Antonio Rüdiger, Paulo Dybala, and Fernando Morientes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Amadeo Carrizo ranks 156. Before him are Jérôme Lejeune, Zinaida Portnova, Jeffrey Hunter, Karel Reisz, Morton Feldman, and Philippe Chatrier. After him are Per Wahlöö, Jambyn Batmönkh, Sergio Pininfarina, Mark Taimanov, Fernando J. Corbató, and Bo Carpelan. Among people deceased in 2020, Amadeo Carrizo ranks 162. Before him are Jaswant Singh, Ivry Gitlis, Mad Mike Hoare, Albert Memmi, Benjamin Mkapa, and Manolis Glezos. After him are Walid Muallem, Shirley Knight, Borys Paton, Pierre Nkurunziza, Louis Nirenberg, and Shin Kyuk-ho.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Amadeo Carrizo ranks 138 out of 1,154. Before him are Arturo Umberto Illia (1900), Gato Barbieri (1932), Juan Carlos Aramburu (1912), Facundo Cabral (1937), Mauricio Pochettino (1972), and Alberto Manguel (1948). After him are Paulo Dybala (1993), Héctor José Cámpora (1909), Juan Carlos Onganía (1914), Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903), Eduardo Camaño (1946), and Joseph Kessel (1898).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Argentina

Among soccer players born in Argentina, Amadeo Carrizo ranks 46. Before him are Attilio Demaría (1909), Enrique Guaita (1910), José Manuel Moreno (1916), Manuel Ferreira (1905), Javier Mascherano (1984), and Mauricio Pochettino (1972). After him are Paulo Dybala (1993), Juan Ramón Verón (1944), Lionel Scaloni (1978), Sergio Goycochea (1963), Mario Evaristo (1908), and Santiago Solari (1976).

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