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Hugo Orlando Gatti, a legendary Argentine goalkeeper and former star of the nationwide staff, died Sunday on the age of 80, the South American Football Confederation mentioned. Gatti was hospitalized two months in the past for a damaged hip however developed pneumonia, kidney and coronary heart hassle and ultimately was sedated as his well being pale. News studies mentioned his household on Sunday determined to take him off life help. Gatti — whose nickname was ‘El Loco,’ or the mad man — held the document for many variety of video games performed in Argentina’s prime soccer division, with 765. He performed from 1962 to 1988.
At age 44 he was nonetheless within the beginning lineup for regional footballing giants Boca Juniors.
Gatti was famously extroverted and one of many first goalkeepers to make a behavior of popping out of the six-yard field into the bigger space in entrance of him.
Gatti was outspoken and as soon as known as the soccer legend Diego Maradona “gordito,” or chubby. Days later Maradona exacted revenge by scoring 4 objectives in opposition to him.
Gatti was on the Boca Juniors staff that gained the Copa Libertadores in 1977.
He was imagined to be the beginning goalie for the Argentine nationwide staff that went on to win the World Cup in 1978 however a knee damage months earlier than the event sidelined him.
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