Raimundo Orsi

Raimundo Orsi

Personal information
Full name	Raimundo Bibiani Orsi
Date of birth	(1901-12-02)December 2, 1901
Place of birth	Avellaneda, Argentina
Date of death
Position(s)	Forward / Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920–1928	Independiente	?	(?)
1928–1935	Juventus	176	(77)
1935	Independiente	32	(9)
1936	Boca Juniors	11	(0)
1937–1938	Platense	27	(10)
1939	Flamengo	2	(0)
1939–1940	Almagro	23	(13)
1940	Flamengo	1	(0)
1941–1942	Peñarol	?	(?)
1943	Santiago National	?	(?)
International career
1924–1928	Argentina	12	(3)
1929–1935	Italy	35	(13)
1936	Argentina	1	(0)
Medal record Representing Argentina Men's football 1928 Amsterdam Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 24, 2007

Raimundo Bibiani "Mumo" Orsi (December 2, 1901 – April 6, 1986) was an Italian Argentine footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. At international level, he represented both countries, winning the 1927 Copa América and the silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with Argentina, as well as two editions of the Central European International Cup and the 1934 FIFA World Cup, with Italy.

Career

Club

His career began in Argentina with Club Atlético Independiente (1920–1928; 1935), but it was with Juventus that Orsi would have the most success in his club career. He joined the club in time for the 1928–29 season and would stay at Juventus until 1935, winning five consecutive league titles between 1931 and 1935. After leaving Italy, Orsi played the rest of his career in South America. He returned to Independiente before moving on to Boca Juniors (1936), Club Atlético Platense (1937–38), and Almagro (1939–40); he also played for Flamengo in Brazil (1939; 1940), Peñarol in Uruguay (1941–42), and Santiago National in Chile (1943).

International

His international debut for Argentina on August 10, 1924 was against Uruguay. Over the next 12 years, he played 13 times for Argentina and scored 3 goals, winning the 1927 Copa América and the silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Orsi's career is strange by modern standards, however, in that he played for Italy as well as Argentina, allowing him to gain 35 caps and score 13 goals for his second country between December 1, 1929 and March 24, 1935. This also allowed him to win two editions of the Central European International Cup, and to be a part of the side that won the 1934 FIFA World Cup, in the final of which he scored. He died in 1986 aged 84.

Style of play

One of the greatest players of his time, Orsi was a quick left-footed winger, who usually played on the left flank, due to his crossing ability. A prolific goalscorer, he was an accurate finisher, both with his head and his feet, and he excelled in the air and acrobatically; because of this he was also capable of playing as a striker, and on the right flank, a position in which he was able to make diagonal attacking runs and shoot with his stronger foot. Nicknamed "Mumo", despite his lack of shooting power and physical strengtg, he was an extremely quick player, with excellent technical ability, who was renowned for his dribbling skills and his use of feints to beat opponents. He was also an accurate penalty kick taker.

Honours

Club honours

Independiente

• Asociación Amateurs de Football: 3

1922, 1924, 1925

Juventus

• Serie A: 5

1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35

Flamengo

• Rio State Championship: 1

1939

International honours

Argentina

• Copa América: 1

1927

Italy

• World Cup: 1

1934

• Central European International Cup: 2

1927–30, 1933–35

Individual

• FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament: 1934

See also

• Oriundo
• List of Argentine born footballers to play for other national teams

External links

• (Spanish) Biography
• (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)
• (French) History with Juventus
• (Portuguese)Stats with Flamengo