Julio Musimessi

Julio Musimessi
Personal information
Full name	Julio Elías Musimessi
Date of birth	9 July 1924
Place of birth	Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina
Date of death	4 September 1997 (aged 73)
Place of death	Morón, Argentina
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1944–1953	Newell's Old Boys
1953–1959	Boca Juniors
1960–1961	Green Cross
International career
1953–1958	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2008

Julio Elías Musimessi (9 July 1924 in Resistencia, Chaco – 4 September 1997 in Morón) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played for Newell's Old Boys, Boca Juniors and the Argentina national team.

Musimessi started his playing career in 1944 with Newell's Old Boys of Rosario, he played 183 times for the club before his transfer to Boca Juniors in 1953. In 1954 Boca won the league championship. He played 155 times for the club.

At the end of his playing career he played for Green Cross of Chile.

An argentine player by the name Lionel Messi is rumored to be his grandson. This has been overruled because of the fact that Eusebio Messi and Antonio Cuccittini are his grandfathers.

At international level Musimessi played 14 times for Argentina. He was part of the squad that won the 1955 Copa América. He was also included in the 1956 Copa América and the 1958 FIFA World Cup squads.

Musimessi was known as "El Arquero cantor" (the singing goalkeeper) because of his performances on radio.^[1] After retiring from the game he established a bar in Morón.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1954	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
1955	Argentina	Copa América

References

^ Canciones de Mi Viejo Pueblo Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

External links

Media related to Julio Musimessi at Wikimedia Commons
Julio Musimessi at Find a Grave
"Informe Xeneize profile" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
Julio Musimessi at BDFA.com.ar (in Spanish)
"FutbolFactory profile" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

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[1] Canciones de Mi Viejo Pueblo Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

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