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Antonio Alzamendi Casas (born 7 June 1956) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a forward.
His official debut was with the Uruguayan team Wanderers de Durazno. Alzamendi played for Uruguay at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups, scoring against West Germany in 1986. He played several years for River Plate of Argentina, winning both the Copa Libertadores de América and Intercontinental Cup in 1986. On Intercontinental Cup final, Alzamendi was named as man of the match and got the only goal of the game in the 28th minute when he headed into the net after his initial shot had hit the post and then came back off the goalkeeper. That year he was also named South American Footballer of the Year.
In July 2001 he was appointed as coach of the Australian National Soccer League team Canberra Cosmos. However his contract was then terminated shortly after due to financial problems with the club.
In 2008, he became the coach of Sport Ancash from Peru.




Honours


Independiente

Argentine Primera División: 1978 Nacional
Nacional

Uruguayan Primera División: 1983
River Plate

Argentine Primera División: 1985-86
Copa Libertadores: 1986
Intercontinental Cup: 1986
Copa Interamericana: 1986
Uruguay

Copa América: 1987




= Individuals

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South American Team of the Year: 1986, 1987
South American Footballer of the Year: 1986
Intercontinental Cup Man of the match: 1986
Uruguayan Primera División Top Scorer: 1985 (13 goals)
Supercopa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1988 (4 goals)




References






External links


Antonio Alzamendi at National-Football-Teams.com
playerhistory

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Piala Interkontinental 1986
• Sud América
• Piala Dunia FIFA 1986
• Centro Atlético Fénix
• Grup E Piala Dunia FIFA 1990
• Statistik Piala Interkontinental
• Babak gugur Piala Dunia FIFA 1990
• Daftar pencetak gol Piala Dunia FIFA
• Antonio Alzamendi
• Centro Atlético Fénix
• 1986 Intercontinental Cup
• 1986 FIFA World Cup
• 1988 Supercopa Libertadores
• Enzo Francescoli
• Cienciano
• 1987 Copa América
• 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• Comunicaciones F.C.