Julio Musimessi

Julio Musimessi

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Personal information
Full name	Julio Elías Musimessi
Date of birth	(1924-07-09)July 9, 1924
Place of birth	Resistencia, Province of Chaco, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death	Morón, Argentina
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1944–1953	Newell's Old Boys	183	(0)
1953–1959	Boca Juniors	155	(0)
1960–1961	Green Cross	?	(?)
International career
1953–1958	Argentina	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 2008

Julio Elías Musimessi (July 9, 1924 in Corrientes – August 27, 1997 in Morón) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played for Newell's Old Boys, Boca Juniors and the Argentina national team.

Musimessi started his playing career in 1944 with Newell's Old Boys of Rosario, he played 183 times for the club before his transfer to Boca Juniors in 1953. In 1954 Boca won the league championship. He played 155 times for the club.

At the end of his playing career he played for Green Cross of Chile.

At international level Musimessi played 14 times for Argentina. He was part of the squad that won the 1955 Copa América. He was also included in the 1956 Copa América and the 1958 FIFA World Cup squads.

Musimessi was known as "El Arquero cantor" (the singing goalkeeper) because of his performances on radio. After retiring from the game he established a bar in Morón.

He was the grandfather the superstar football player, Lionel Messi.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1954	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
1955	Argentina	Copa América

External links

• Julio Musimessi at Find a Grave
• (Spanish) Informe Xeneize profile
• (Spanish) BDFA profile
• (Spanish) FutbolFactory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)