Antonio Alzamendi

Antonio Alzamendi
	Alzamendi (centre) with José Enrique Peña and Alfonso Domínguez after winning 1987 Copa América.
Personal information
Full name	Antonio Alzamendi Casas
Date of birth	7 June 1956 (age 65)
Place of birth	Durazno, Uruguay
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Second striker
Senior career*
National team
Representing Uruguay
Copa América
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Antonio Alzamendi Casas (born 7 June 1956) is a retired Uruguayan 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.^[1] 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.

References[]

^ Alzamendi, Alzamendi (2 January 2009). "Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.