Sergio Goycochea
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Goycochea in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Javier Goycochea | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1982 | Defensores Unidos | ||
| 1982–1988 | River Plate | 58 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Millonarios | 39 | (0) |
| 1991 | Racing Club | 35 | (0) |
| 1992 | Brest | 11 | (0) |
| 1992 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| 1993 | Olimpia Asunción | ||
| 1993–1994 | River Plate | 16 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Mandiyú | 30 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Internacional | 22 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Vélez Sársfield | 2 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Newell's Old Boys | 13 | (0) |
| Total | 226 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1981 | Argentina U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 1987–1994 | Argentina | 44 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Sergio Javier Goycochea (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈserxjo xaˈβjer ɣoikoˈtʃea]; born 17 October 1963) is an Argentine former football goalkeeper and male model. He is best known for his penalty kick saves.
Goycochea was the substitute for Nery Pumpido both in River Plate and in the Argentine national team, and got his big break in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. When Pumpido was injured in Argentina's second group game against the Soviet Union, Goycochea replaced him. As Argentina qualified for the knockout stage, he kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 Second Round victory over Brazil and saved penalties in the quarter-final and semi-final penalty shootout victories against Yugoslavia and Italy. He was also close to saving the game-winning penalty kick from Andreas Brehme at the 1990 World Cup final against Germany, which Argentina lost 1–0. He was chosen as the goalkeeper of the Cup's All-Star Team.
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