Enrique Guaita

Enrique Guaita

Guaita at Roma
Personal information
Full nameEnrique Guaita
Date of birthJuly 11, 1910
Place of birthLucas González, Argentina
Date of deathMay 18, 1959 (aged 48)
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1931–1933Estudiantes65(33)
1933–1935Roma60(43)
1936–1938Racing Club
1938–1940Estudiantes27(9)
National team
1933, 1937Argentina4(1)
1934–1935Italy10(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Enrique Guaita (11 July 1910 – 18 May 1959) commonly known as "Enrico Guaita" was an Italian Argentine footballer who played for both Argentina and Italy.[1] He won the World Cup in 1934 with Italy.

He played most of his footballing career in Argentina with Estudiantes and Racing Club, but also played in Italy with Roma where he was nicknamed Il Corsaro Nero.

Football career

Guaita played for Estudiantes de La Plata, where he was part of the famous attack Los Profesores. In 1934, he moved to Italy, where he probably played his best football. He played two seasons for A.S. Roma from 1933 to 1935. He was the top-scorer of the League in 1934/35, with 28 goals. He became known as Il Corsaro Nero. Fearing being drafted by the Italian army, in 1936, he returned to Argentina, where he played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and, again, Estudiantes de La Plata. He retired at the end of the 1939 season.

For the Italian national team he played ten matches (five goals) and scored the only goal in the semifinal match of the 1934 FIFA World Cup against Austria, before Italy went on to win the title.

He died at only 48 years old.

Guaita was one of twelve Argentine players to represent both Argentina (four caps, one goal) and Italy (ten caps, five goals) at national level, before the practice of playing for more than one national team was banned.

See also

References

  1. ↑ rsssf: Argentines in the Italy national team

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