Omar Sívori

**Enrique Omar Sívori** (, ; 2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) is a former Argentine-Italian football player. He has played for Argentina national team and Italy national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|River Plate|1954|Primera División|16|8|||||16|8||
|1955|23|11|||||23|11||||
|1956|23|10|||||23|10||||
|1957|1|0|||||1|0||||
|Juventus|1957–58|Serie A|32|22|8|9|-|40|31|||
|1958–59|24|15|3|5|2|3|29|23||||
|1959–60|31|28|4|3|0|0|35|31||||
|1960–61|27|25|1|2|1|1|29|28||||
|1961–62|25|13|0|0|5|2|30|15||||
|1962–63|33|16|4|3|1|1|38|20||||
|1963–64|28|13|2|1|4|0|34|14||||
|1964–65|15|3|1|1|3|2|19|6||||
|Napoli|1965–66|Serie A|33|7|||||33|7||
|1966–67|20|2|||||20|2||||
|1967–68|7|2|||||7|2||||
|1968–69|3|1|||||3|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Argentina|1956|13|6|
|1957|6|3|||
|rowspan="2"|Italy|1961|5|8|
|1962|4|0|||

- _Scores and results list Argentina's and Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sívori goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|18 March 1956|Mexico City, Mexico|||2–2|1956 Pan American Championship||||||||
|2|17 March 1957|Lima, Peru|||3–0|1957 South American Championship||||||||
|3|28 March 1957|Lima, Peru|||6–2|1957 South American Championship||||||||
|4|6 April 1957|Lima, Peru|||1–2|1957 South American Championship||||||||
|1|25 April 1961|Bologna, Italy|||3–2|Friendly||||||||
|2|24 May 1961|Rome, Italy|||2–3|Friendly||||||||
|3|15 June 1961|Florence, Italy|||4–1|Friendly||||||||
|4|4 November 1961|Turin, Italy|||6–0|FIFA World Cup 1962 qualification||||||||

## Honours

**River Plate**
- Primera División: 1955, 1956, 1957

**Juventus**
- Serie A: 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61
- Coppa Italia: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65
- Coppa delle Alpi: 1963

**Napoli**
- Coppa delle Alpi: 1966

**Argentina**
- South American Championship: 1957
- Copa Raúl Colombo (friendly): 1956

**Individual**
- South American Championship player of the tournament: 1957
- Serie A Golden Boot: 1959–60
- Ballon d'Or: 1961
- FIFA 100: 2004

## Filmography

Sívori played the part of himself, in two Italian films.
- _Idoli controluce_ – (1965)
- _The President of Borgorosso Football Club_ (1970)

## Quotes

- Giampiero Boniperti: "Playing alongside him was pure fun. Charles was the target man, while Omar used the space to put defenders in trouble. He used to play with socks down around his ankles, without any kind of protection, to show he wasn't scared of defenders. He had an incredible winning mentality."
- John Charles: "With Sivori, it was the classic big man-little man partnership. Sivori had huge skill and it was a joy to play with a player as good as he was."
- Marcello Lippi: "Whenever we were talking about Juventus, his eyes brightened up."
- Humberto Maschio: "He was amazing. A first-class dribbler who had speed and the ability to surprise at any moment."
- Roberto Bettega: "He was like an older brother for me. He was my idol when I was a kid and then we became close friends. He was one of the best players in the history of football."

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Omar Sívori
- **fullname**: Enrique Omar Sívori
- **image**: 1963 Omar Sívori (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Sívori with Juventus in 1963
- **birth place**: San Nicolás de los Arroyos, San Nicolás, Argentina
- **death place**: San Nicolás, Argentina
- **height**: 1.63 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthyears1**: –1957
- **youthclubs1**: CA River Plate#Youth academy, River Plate
- **years1**: 1954–1957
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 63
- **goals1**: 29
- **years2**: 1957–1965
- **clubs2**: juventus F.C., Juventus
- **caps2**: 215
- **goals2**: 135
- **years3**: 1965–1969
- **clubs3**: S.S.C. Napoli, Napoli
- **caps3**: 63
- **goals3**: 12
- **totalcaps**: 341
- **totalgoals**: 176
- **nationalyears1**: 1956–1957
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps1**: 19
- **nationalgoals1**: 9
- **nationalyears2**: 1961–1962
- **nationalteam2**: Italy national football team, Italy
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 8
- **manageryears1**: 1969–1970
- **managerclubs1**: Rosario Central
- **manageryears2**: 1972
- **managerclubs2**: Estudiantes de La Plata
- **manageryears3**: 1972–1973
- **managerclubs3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **manageryears4**: 1979
- **managerclubs4**: Racing Club de Avellaneda
- **manageryears5**: 1983
- **managerclubs5**: Toronto Italia