Oscar Pezzano was an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 football goalkeeper, notable for his years in Estudiantes de La Plata

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

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Pezzano started his career in Buenos Aires minor-league club Sacachispas

Sacachispas

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, and joined Estudiantes in 1970. He was the goalkeeper in two significant international matches against Feyenoord in 1970 and against Nacional de Montevideo in the 1971 Copa Libertadores decider played in Lima

Lima

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, Peru

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Pezzano remained in Estudiantes (with a short stint in Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield

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 during 1973), where he played 349 matches, making him the goalkeeper with the most appearances for the team. His signature jersey color was pink, leading to his nickname "the pink panther".

After the 1980 campaign, Pezzano played for other clubs in Argentina and Ecuador

Ecuador

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, and retired from active play in 1985. He remained in football, mostly coaching provincial teams.

While living in Carhué

Carhué

Carhué is an Argentine town in the Province of Buenos Aires, head of the Municipality of Adolfo Alsina. Carhué is about 561 km to the west of the city of La Plata and about 520 km from Buenos Aires...

, Buenos Aires province

Buenos Aires Province

The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

, where he was coaching a local team, Pezzano was stabbed to death on 19 February 1994, while trying to mediate in a dispute outside a night club.

External links

BDFA profile El final más triste in El Gráfico

El Gráfico

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