Julio Adolfo Cozzi (14 July 1922 – 25 September 2011) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines ...

football goalkeeper who won the

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with the Argentina national team. Cozzi started his career in 1941 with

Club Atlético Platense Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Florida, Buenos Aires. The club nickname is (Squid) after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink". Although the club hosts many activities, Pla ...

, he played for the club until 1949 when he joined Millonarios of Colombia, where his team mates included

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and

Adolfo Pedernera Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera (15 November 1918 – 12 May 1995) was an Argentine football player and coach. Nicknamed "El Maestro" ("The Teacher"), he was widely considered to be one of the best world football players in the 1940s and one of the g ...

. Cozzi returned to Platense in 1955, he went on to play for Independiente between 1956 and 1959 and then Banfield of the Argentine 2nd division. On 25 September 2011, he suffered a heart attack and died at the Clinic

Fundación Favaloro The Favaloro Foundation (''Fundación Favaloro para la Investigación y la Docencia Médica'') is an Argentina, Argentine scientific institution dedicated to medical teaching and research. It was founded in 1975 by René Favaloro with the support of ...

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1922 births 2011 deaths Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine footballers Argentina international footballers Association football goalkeepers Club Atlético Platense footballers Millonarios F.C. players Club Atlético Independiente footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Argentine Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Colombia Copa América-winning players {{Argentina-footy-goalkeeper-stub