Félix Demaría, also known as Felice Demaria or Felix De Maria (born 27 April 1912, date of death unknown) was an Argentine professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who played as a

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or as a defender.

Career

Demaría played for

Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "Students from La Plata"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata , is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, wher ...

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before moving to Italy to play for

Ambrosiana-Inter Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter i ...

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. His older brother

Attilio Demaría Atilio José Demaría (; 19 March 1909 – 11 November 1990), Italianized as Attilio Demaria (), was an Italian Argentine footballer, who played as a striker. He played club football in Argentina and Italy. At international level, he represented ...

played for the national teams of

and

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. To distinguish them, Attilio was referred to as Demaría I and Félix as Demaría II.

References

1912 births Year of death missing Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine men's footballers Argentine people of Italian descent Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Inter Milan players Serie A players Men's association football midfielders {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-stub