Julio Cozzi

Julio Adolfo Cozzi (14 July 1922 – 25 September 2011) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who won the Copa América 1947 with the Argentina national team.

Full name Julio Adolfo Cozzi

Date of birth (1922-07-14)14 July 1922

Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of death 25 September 2011(2011-09-25) (aged 89)

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Julio Cozzi

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Full name	Julio Adolfo Cozzi
Date of birth	(1922-07-14)14 July 1922
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	25 September 2011(2011-09-25) (aged 89)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1941–1949	Platense	196	(0)
1950–1954	Millonarios	88	(1)
1955	Platense	(see above)
1956–1958	Independiente	73	(0)
1959–1960	Banfield
1961	Millonarios
International career
	Argentina	6	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Cozzi started his career in 1941 with Club Atlético Platense. He played for the club until 1949 when he joined Millonarios of Colombia where his teammates included Alfredo di Stéfano and Adolfo Pedernera.

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 in Buenos Aires.^[1]