Date of birth July 26, 1893 Name Zoilo Canavery Role Football player | Date of death September 29, 1966 Died September 29, 1966 Years Team | |
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Place of death Avellaneda, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Zoilo Canavery (26 July 1893 – 29 September 1966) was an Uruguayan football player. Born in Montevideo, Canavery was a notable figure of Argentine sport during the 1910 and 1920 decades, playing in four of the "big five" of Argentina, such as Independiente, River Plate, Racing and Boca Juniors.
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Canavery played the most of his career at Independiente, where he spent two tenures (1912-1918 and 1921-1928). With the Red Devils, he won two league championships (1922, 1926), and three Copa de Competencia (organised by dissident Asociación Amateurs de Football) in 1924, 1925 and 1926.
The Red Devils (Diablos Rojos in the original language) nickname was given to Independiente by a journalist who highlighted the skills and effectiveness team's attacking line formed by Canavery, Alberto Lalín, Luis Ravaschino, Manuel Seoane and Raimundo Orsi.
Personal life
Zoilo Ladislao was the son of Valerio Canavery, born in Barracas al Sud, and Tomasa Tones, born in the city of Bilbao. In spite of being descended from an illustrious family the grandfathers of Zoilo Canavery (Pedro Canavery and Sabina Rodríguez) were of humble social condition. According to the census of 1869 Valerio and Pedro Canavery (cited as Canavedes) were dedicated to the work of skinner, probably in some establishment of the zone.
Through labor Pedro Canaveri and Sabina Rodríguez were able to consolidate themselves economically, and giving education to their sons Valerio and Pedro Canaveris (father of Pedro Canaveri, president of Club Independiente and of Argentine Football Association). For the year 1895 the grandparents of Zoilo Canavery, continued living in the city Avellaneda.
Zoilo Canavery served as Municipal official in the civil registration of Avellaneda (Buenos Aires Province). He was descendant of Juan Canaverys (of Piedmontese origin). His paternal grandmother, Sabina Rodríguez was a "criolla", born in Buenos Aires.
Club
Canavery debuted in 1912 for Independiente as a right winger. On December 22, 1912, Independiente lost the Primera División playoff game to Porteño. Independiente line-up was W.Peterson; J. Idiarte, L. Calneggia; M. Deluchi, E. Sande; A. Lanatta; Z. Canavery, B. Lloveras, J. Rodríguez, E. Colla, F. Roldán. Team coach was Juan Mignaburu.
The match was suspended because several players of Independiente abandoned the field after 87 minutes. The championship was awarded to Porteño on Dec 23.
In 1913 Canavery was traded to River Plate, where he played only one match. With Canavery playing for the club, River Plate would finish 3rd. in the 1913 championship.
Between 1914 and 1917 Canavery played for Racing Club de Avellaneda, where some of his teammates were Ángel Betular, Alberto Ohaco, Alberto Marcovecchio, Juan Hospital and Natalio Perinetti. In Racing, Canavery won three Primera División titles (1914, 1915 and 1916), two Copa Ibarguren (1914 and 1916) and one Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires in 1915.
On September 3, 1914, Canavery played an international club match against the Piedmontese team Torino, that was won by Racing by 1-0 with goal of Alberto Ohaco.
In 1918 Canavery returned for one short time to Independiente, where he played the Copa de Honor. He later moved to Boca Juniors, who won their first title in 1919. Canavery stayed two seasons, scoring 12 goals in 32 matches played. In Boca Juniors, Canavery played with notable footballers such as Américo Tesoriere, Alfredo Garassino and Pedro Calomino among others. Zoilo Canavery later returned to Independiente in 1921, where then he won the 1922 and 1926 championships.
Canavery was part of the team who in August 11, 1928 at the stadium of Independiente dispute a match against Barcelona, win team of Avellaneda by 4-1 with goals from Canavery, Seoane (2), and Orsi. Reguiero scored a goal for Barça.
Argentina national team
Canavery was one of few foreigners to play for the Selección Argentina. Wearing the shirt of Argentina he came to play vs Uruguay in a final game played on August 15, 1916 by title Copa Newton, with an audience of 16,000 spectators- on Stadium Racing Club de Avellaneda, with a rotund triumph of Argentina by 3-1 with goals from Ohaco (2), and Hiller.
Four years earlier in 1912, Canavery had integrated an Argentine team that faced Uruguay, in a game to benefit the club Atlanta. In the Argentine team participated the figures of the time, including Juan Domingo Brown and Arnold Watson Hutton.
Zoilo Canavery was also part of the Argentine team that thrashed Uruguay by 7-2 in the "Copa Círculo de La Prensa" first match. The game was played on October 1, 1916 in Avellaneda, and the goals were scored by Simmons, Hayes (3), Marius Hiller, who in earlier years also played for Germany (2) and Canavery for Argentina; Buffoni and Farinasso scored for Uruguay. The second match was held on October 29, in Montevideo, and won by Uruguay by 3-1, although Argentine was crowned champion due to goal average.
At the end of his career in 1929, Canavery took part in an international friendly match against Torino F.C.. The Italian team won by 2-1 with former Newell's Old Boys player Julio Libonatti and Adolfo Baloncieri scoring for the Italians and Ravaschino for Independiente. That same year Canavery played another international match with Independiente v. English Chelsea F.C., team that was touring on South America. The game ended in a 1-1 draw with goals by Seoane and Harold Miller.
Manager
In 1932 Zoilo Canavery was appointed head coach of Independiente, which played a playoff match v. River Plate. Independiente's line-up was Atilio Maccarone; Luis Fazio, Fermín Lecea; Juan M. Ferrou, Juan Carlos Corazzo, Emilio Almiñana; Roberto Porta, Antonio Sastre, Manuel Seoane, Manuel Ramos; Juan Betinotti. The match was played November 20, 1932 in Gasómetro de Avenida La Plata won by River 3-0 with goals from Bernabé Ferreyra, Carlos Peucelle and Ricardo Zatelli.
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In popular culture
Canavery was honored by several composers of tango as Alfonso Gagliano, who recorded an instrumental song titled Canaveri, written in 1919. The album cover included a personal dedication by Gagliano himself that said "dedicated to my friend, the renowned foot-baller Zoilo Canavery". Other artists that mentioned Canavery in their art were Juan Sarcione, who wrote lyrics and music of Largue esa mujica, a tango performed by Carlos Gardel and recorded in 1929 for Odeon Records.