Juan José Rithner

Juan José Rithner (1889 – c.1950) was an Argentine footballer, who played as goalkeeper for Club Atlético Porteño and the Argentina national team.[1]

Juan José Rithner
Personal information
Date of birth 3 November 1889
Place of birth Baradero, Argentina
Date of death c. 1950(1950-00-00) (aged 60–61)
Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–19 Porteño 200 (11)
National team
1912–16 Argentina
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rithner had a long tenure on Porteño, with 200 matches played for the club during his 13 years there. He was also one of the first scoring goalkeepers in Argentine football, having scored a total of 11 during his career. With Porteño, Rithner won four titles, two Primera División championships and two national cups.

Career

Rithner was born in Baradero, a town in Buenos Aires Province, son of a family of Irish roots. His career as a footballer in Primera División started in C.A. Porteño. He played the championship playoff game against Alumni in 1911, which Porteño lost 2–1.[2] And in the following year he was champion with Porteño.[3]

His great performances in Porteño, earned him a place in the Argentine national team. On May 27, 1914, Rithner scored two goals against Uruguay, the match was played in Córdoba, Argentina.[4] He played in the first America's Cup, held in 1916.[5]

After his retirement from football, in 1919 Rithner served as referee in a Copa Premier Honor Argentino match held in Gimnasia y Esgrima Stadium. Argentina thrashed Uruguay 6–1,[6] before a huge attendance of 18,000.[7]

Titles

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References

  1. Porteño y sus medallas de oro, Diario Clarín
  2. Final Tables Argentina 1911–1920, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  3. Osvaldo Gorgazzi, Argentina - Domestic Championships 1912, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  4. Una visita que se hizo esperar, diario La Voz
  5. Southamerican Championship 1916, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  6. Argentina national team archive by Héctor Pelayes on the RSSSF
  7. El jugador que se pasó de bando by Maximiliano Santini, 28 Sep 2017
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