Alberto "Nicha" Sainz (13 December 1937 – 16 January 2016) was an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

association football player. Sainz began his career in 1958 at

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

, where he played until 1961. In 1962 he moved to

Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. ...

with whom he reached the final of the

1966 Copa Libertadores The 1966 Copa Libertadores de América was the seventh edition of the premier South American club football tournament, organized by CONMEBOL. Colombia and Brazil did not send their representatives. This edition became the first club competition of ...

, where they lost to Uruguayan side C.A. Peñarol. He stayed at River Plate until 1967 and then moved to San Lorenzo from

Mar de Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...

in 1968 before retiring in 1969. Sainz was member of the Argentina squad at the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place between ...

, where Argentina were eliminated in the group stage. He appeared in groups stage matches against Bulgaria and Hungary.

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* * 1937 births 2016 deaths Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Argentine Primera División players Argentinos Juniors footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Footballers from Buenos Aires Men's association football defenders 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-defender-stub