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Hugo Orlando Gatti, ''Loco'' Gatti (born 19 August 1944) is a former Argentine professional football goalkeeper who played in the Argentine First Division for 26 seasons〔(Hugo Orlando Gatti bio ) – Redargentina.com – educar.org〕 and set a record of 765 appearances. He won three national championships, two ''Copa Libertadores'' tournaments, and one Intercontinental Cup with Boca Juniors, and played professionally until the age of 44. Gatti, nicknamed ''El Loco'' (''The Madman'') was recognized for his charisma, his innovative playing style for his position and his eccentricity. He developed himself into a goalkeeper who relied on positional play rather than on his reflexes. He would frequently leave the penalty area to function as an additional field player, and join his teammates in defense – and many times in attack. Unlike most goalkeepers of his era, he made extensive use of his feet, head, and chest to control or strike the ball. He was one of the pioneers of the ''achique'', the goalkeeping technique of running out to challenge an oncoming opposing player.〔("Revolution between the Latin American Goalposts" ) – fifa.com – FIFA, 10 January 2000.〕 He was also notable at facing penalty kicks, saving 26 of them throughout his career, tied for the most ever in ''Primera División'' with contemporary goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol. Gatti was voted Player of the Year of Argentina in 1982, and was ranked as the third best Argentine goalkeeper of the 20th Century in a poll by the IFFHS.〔(IFFHS' Century Elections ) – www.rsssf.com – by Karel Stokkermans, RSSSF.〕〔(The World's best Goalkeeper of the Century ) – www.iffhs.de – IFFHS. Retrieved November 2006.〕 ==Early life and career== Born in Carlos Tejedor, Province of Buenos Aires, Gatti was the youngest of siblings.〔 During his youth he was adept of playing as a forward, which according to himself was the best way of knowing how forwards tend to think and behave.〔 (Hugo Orlando Gatti: "El achique de Dios" ) – mediapunta.es – Sociedad Media Punta Ediciones, S.L., Madrid〕 In 1960, at the age of 16, he attended a C.A. River Plate match and saw Amadeo Carrizo play, who would become one of his role models as a goalkeeper.〔 He then started playing for Atlanta in the Argentine sixth division. His ''Primera División'' debut came in 1962 against Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugo Gatti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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