Antonio Alzamendi

Antonio Alzamendi

Personal information
Full name	Antonio Alzamendi Casas
Date of birth	(1956-06-07) June 7, 1956
Place of birth	Durazno, Uruguay
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1973	Wanderers de Durazno
1974–1976	Policial de Durazno
1976–1978	Sud América
1979–1982	Independiente	185	(75)
1982-1983	River Plate
1983	Nacional
1983–1984	Tecos UAG	17	(2)
1985	Peñarol	28	(13)
1985/'86–1987/'88	River Plate
1988–1990	Logroñés	62	(15)
1990/'91	Textil Mandiyú	9	(0)
1993	Rampla Juniors	4	(0)
International career‡
1978–1990	Uruguay	31	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 9, 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 30, 2006

Template:Spanish name 2 Antonio Alzamendi Casas (born June 7, 1956 in Durazno) was a Uruguayan football player who retired in 1991.

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 Copa Libertadores de América and Intercontinental Cup in 1986.

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.

External links

• Antonio Alzamendi at National-Football-Teams.com
• playerhistory