Musimessi, Julio Elias

Julio Musimessi was born in Corrientes . He originally played basketball ^[3] . Once his friends, football players who knew the ability to grab the ball, invited him to play football: they needed a goalkeeper due to an injury to the main goalkeeper of their team ^[3] . Musimessi gradually gave up basketball and began to engage exclusively in football. His first team was the Boca Unidos club from Corrientes ^[3] .

Club career

In 1943, 19-year-old Musimessi moved to the Newells Old Boys club ^[4] . In the official game Musimessi made his debut only in 1950 ^[5] . In total, he played for the club for 9 years and played 183 matches.

In 1953, he joined the Boca Juniors club with Newell partners, Juan Carlos Colman and Francisco Lombardo ^[6] . He made his team debut on April 5, 1953 in a match with the Rosario Central club, which ended in a 0-0 draw ^[7] . With Boka, in 1954 he won the Argentine championship ^[7] , the first for the club in 10 years ^[2] . Musimessi played for Boku for 6 years, playing in 155 matches.

Musimessi ended his career in 1961 at the Chilean club Green Cross , with whom he won the championship of Chile. .

International Career

Musimessi played in the Argentine national team from 1953 to 1958, having played 14 matches ^[8] , in which he conceded 11 goals ^[9] . His debut game was the match against Spain in Madrid . After the game, Santiago Bernabeu invited him to his club, Real Madrid , but the leaders of Boca Juniors told him that he was a real Bokinense, and Musimessi, not only a goalkeeper, but also a fan of the club, decided to stay in the team ^[3] .

In 1955, Musimessi as a member of the team won the South American Championship , where he spent 4 games. In one of the championship matches, with Uruguay , in the 82nd minute he hit the penalty spot from Oscar Miges ^[10] .

In the next championship Musimessi spent all 5 matches and conceded 3 goals ^[11] . In 1958, Musimessi went to the World Cup , but did not play a single match there.

At the same time as soccer, Musimessi was a singer, speaking at open concerts and radio LR2. He later released an album with his songs. His most famous song was the song “Viva voca”. For this, Julio Elias received the nickname "The Singing Goalkeeper" ^[7] .

After completing a career, Musimessi opened a diner in Moron. In 1986, when he decided to close his establishment, a group of young people who were not allowed into the diner opened fire on him with firearms, resulting in two injuries to Musimessi. He spent several days in a coma . In the hospital, he was regularly visited by football figures, including Amadeo Carriso , one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Argentina ^[3] .

On August 27, 1996, Musimessi died in the Aguero de Moron sanatorium, where he was sent because of a brain hemorrhage ^[3] . He was buried in a local cemetery, and in September 2006 ^[12] his remains were transferred to a special sector in the Iraola Park cemeteries, where famous Boca Juniors players are buried ^[13] .

• Champion of Argentina : 1954
• Champion of South America : 1955
• Champion of Chile : 1960

• Article at museoboquense.com