Eduardo Ricagni
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 April 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires,Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 1 January 2010 | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1944–1946 | Platense | 35 | (22) |
| 1947–1949 | Boca Juniors | 49 | (20) |
| 1949–1951 | Chacarita Juniors | 78 | (39) |
| 1951–1952 | Montevideo Wanderers | 10 | (7) |
| 1952–1953 | Huracán | 41 | (36) |
| 1953–1954 | Juventus | 24 | (17) |
| 1954–1956 | AC Milan | 43 | (11) |
| 1956–1958 | AC Torino | 45 | (9) |
| 1958–1959 | Catania | 28 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1953–1955 | Italy | 3 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 12 December 2009 (UTC) | |||
Eduardo Ricagni(Italian pronunciation:[eduˈardoriˈkaɲɲi];born 29 April 1926 – February 2005)[1]was a professionalfootballplayer and coach. Awinger,at club level he won oneItalian leaguetitle and was the top scorer of theArgentine Primera Divisiónin 1952. At International level he was born in Argentina but played for theItaly national team.He later became a coach in Greece.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Ricagni began his career in 1944 withClub Atlético Platensewhere he scored 22 goals in 35 games. In 1947 he joinedBoca Juniorswhere he scored his only hat-trick[2][3]and won his only trophy[4]with the club on his debut in a 6–0 win against Federación Tucumana in theCopa Ibarguren1944.[5]He played a total of 52 games for Boca in all competitions, scoring 23 goals.[3]
In 1949 he joinedChacarita Juniorswhere he scored 39 goals in 78 league games. He then moved across theRío de La PlatatoMontevideoto play for relegation threatenedMontevideo Wanderers,he scored 7 goals in 10 games during his brief spell inUruguayto help the club avoid relegation.[6]
In 1952 he returned to Argentina to joinHuracánwhere he scored 36 goals in 41 games and became theleague top scorerin 1952.[7]
In 1953 he was signed byJuventus,he made his debut for the Italian club in a 1–0 home win againstUdinese.[8]He scored 17 goals in 24 league games for the club including a hat-trick in his penultimate game for the club in a 4–1 on 23 May 1954.[9]
Ricagni joinedAC Milanin July 1954[10]in preparation for the beginning of the1954–55 season.He won theItalian championshipin his debut season with the club, followed in the next one by theLatin Cuptitle.
Between 1956 and 1958 he played forAC Torinoand he ended his playing career after a season withCataniaofSerie B.[11]
International
[edit]Ricagni was eligible to play for theItaly national teamas his father Pietro had emigrated from Italy to Argentina in 1912.[12]He was selected to play on three occasions between 1953 and 1955.[13]He made his debut in a 3–0 home win againstCzechoslovakiaon 13 December 1953 in which he scored a goal.[14]
Coaching career
[edit]He was coach of Greek clubPAS Gianninain 1974.[15]
Personal life
[edit]His son isEduardos Kontogeorgakis.[15]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Boca Juniors
- Copa Ibarguren:1944[16]
A.C. Milan
Individual
[edit]- Primera División Argentina topscorer:1952 (28 goals)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Ricagni Eduardo".
- ^Boca Juniors hat-tricks(Copas Oficiales section)
- ^abComplete statisticsArchived31 May 2011 at theWayback Machineat Historia de Boca(in Spanish)
- ^BiographyArchived31 May 2011 at theWayback Machineat Historia de Boca(in Spanish)
- ^Copa Ibarguren 1944atrsssf
- ^Eduardo Ricagni biographyArchived26 July 2011 at theWayback Machineat MWFC
- ^Primera División top scorersArchived8 June 2009 at theWayback Machineatrsssf
- ^Eduardo Ricagniat My Juve(in Italian)
- ^Game logat My Juve(in Italian)
- ^AC Milan transfersat worldfootball.net
- ^Sicilian clubs in Serie Batrsssf
- ^Eduardo Ricagniat Il Pallone Racconta(in Italian)
- ^Oriundiat Forza Azzurri(in Italian)
- ^International statisticsat My Juve(in Italian)
- ^abΕδουάρδος Κοντογιωργάκης: "Να γεμίσουμε το" Ζωσιμάδες "την Κυριακή"(in Greek). PAS Giannina F.C. 21 March 2012.Retrieved14 May2016.
- ^Played in 1947
External links
[edit]
- Eduardo Ricagni–FIFAcompetition record (archived)
- Eduardo Ricagniat National-Football-Teams.com
- (in Spanish)ProfileArchived31 May 2011 at theWayback Machineat Historia de Boca
- (in Spanish)Profile at mwfc.comArchived26 July 2011 at theWayback Machine
- (in Italian)Nazionale stats
- (in Italian)Profileat Encyclopedia del Calcio
- 1926 births
- 2010 deaths
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine men's footballers
- Italian men's footballers
- Italy men's international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Club Atlético Platense footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Chacarita Juniors footballers
- Club Atlético Huracán footballers
- Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
- Juventus FC players
- AC Milan players
- Torino FC players
- Catania FC players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
- PAS Giannina F.C. managers
- Argentine football managers
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen