Julio Abbadie

Julio Abbadie
Personal information
Full name Julio César Abbadie Gismero
Date of birth (1930-09-07)7 September 1930
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 16 July 2014(2014-07-16) (aged 83)
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1956 Peñarol 184 (74)
1956–1960 Genoa 110 (19)
1960–1962 Lecco 45 (5)
1962–1969 Peñarol 284 (63)
Total 623 (161)
National team
1952–1965 Uruguay 26 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Julio César Abbadie Gismero (7 September 1930 – 16 July 2014) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward. During his career, he played for Peñarol, where he won the 1966 Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup. [1] He was born in Uruguay to French father and Spanish mother.[2]

Club career

Born in Montevideo, Abbadie also played in Italy (from 1956 to 1962) with Genoa and Lecco. In total he played Serie A 140 matches and scored 31 goals. On 21 December 2004 he returned after 54 years to Genova, at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, during Serie B match against Empoli.

International career

For the Uruguay national team, Abbadie obtained 26 caps between 1952 and 1957, scoring 14 goals.[3] He participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and scored two goals in a group match against Scotland.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "URU - Julio Abbadie n'est plus" (in French). Lequipe.fr. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  2. ↑ "Los hombres del día – Crampi Sportivi". Crampi Sportivi. 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  3. ↑ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando. "Uruguay - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  4. ↑ Julio Abbadie – FIFA competition record (archive)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.