Humberto Maschio

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Humberto Maschio

Full name	Humberto Dionisio Maschio
Date of birth	February 20, 1933 (1933-02-20) (age 75)
Place of birth	Avellaneda, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	Arsenal de Lavallol
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1953 1954-1957 1957-1959 1960-1962 1962-1963 1963-1966 1966-1968	Quilmes Racing Club Bologna Atalanta Internazionale Fiorentina Racing Club	? (?) 139 (44) 043 (13) 080 (22) 015 0(4) 040 (11) 00? 0(?)
National team
1956-1957 1962	Argentina Italy	012 (12) 002 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Humberto Dionisio Maschio (born February 20, 1933 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine-Italian former football player.

Maschio started playing at Arsenal of Lavallol to later move to Quilmes Atlético Club. He joined Racing Club in 1954, and transferred to Italy in 1957. In the European country he played at Bologna, Atalanta, Inter and Fiorentina. His performance brought him to the Italian national team to play in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He returned to Racing in 1966 to win the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup in 1967, and to end his career with the club of Avellaneda with 44 goals in 139 matches.

Maschio played 12 games for the Argentina national football team between 1956 and 1957, scoring 12 goals, he helped Argentina to win the Copa America 1957, he was the top scorer in the tournament with 6 goals.

Maschio also played two games for the Italian team in 1962, scoring no goals. In the 1962 World Cup played in Chile, Maschio was the captain of the Italian team and one of the protagonists of the Battle of Santiago incidents in the match against the Chilean team, in which Chilean player Leonel Sanchez broke his nose.

Antonio Angelillo, Omar Sivori and Humberto Maschio acquired the nickname "the Angels with Dirty Faces" when they moved en masse to Italy in the latter part of the 1950's. The name was given to them on account of their typically South American colour and flair. They were also known as "The Trio of Death" because of their clinical ability in scoring goals.

Maschio coached the Argentine national team in the first half of 1969.

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Season	Club	Title
1957	Argentina	Copa America
1962-63	Internazionale	Serie A
1965-66	Fiorentina	Coppa Italia
1957	Racing Club	Copa America
1957	Racing Club	Copa Intercontinental

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Player profile at National Football Teams

v • d • e Italy squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup

1 Buffon • 2 Losi • 3 Radice • 4 Salvadore • 5 Maldini • 6 Trapattoni • 7 Mora • 8 Maschio • 9 Altafini • 10 Sivori • 11 Menichelli • 12 Mattrel • 13 Albertosi • 14 Rivera • 15 Sormani • 16 Robotti • 17 Pascutti • 18 David • 19 Janich • 20 Tumburus • 21 Ferrini • 22 Bulgarelli • Coach: Mazza & Ferrari

v • d • e

Argentina national football team – Managers

Vázquez (1924–25) • Lago Millán (1927–28) • Olazar (caretaker) (1928–29) • Tramutola (1929–30) • Pascucci (1934) • Seoane (1934–37) • Fernández Roca (1937–39) • Stábile (1939–58) • Spinetto (1959) • Moreno (1959) • Stábile (1960) • Spinetto (1960–61) • D'Amico (1961) • Lorenzo (1962) • Rossi (1962) • Lopes (1962) • Torres (1963) • D'Amico (1963) • Minella (1964–65) • Zubeldía (1965) • Lorenzo (1966) • Lopes (1967) • Faraone (1967) • Cesarini (1967–68) • Minella (1968) • Maschio (1969) • Pedernera (1969) • Pizzuti (1970–72) • Sívori (1972–73) • Ignomiriello (1973) • Cap (1974) • Menotti (1974–83) • Bilardo (1983–90) • Basile (1991–94) • Passarella (1994–98) • Bielsa (1998–2004) • Pekerman (2004-06) • Basile (2006–)