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{{Short description|Italian Argentine footballer (1909–1990)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Attilio Demaría
| image = <!-- Deleted image removed:  [[Image:Attilio Demaria.jpg]] -->
| caption = 
| fullname = Atilio José Demaría
| height = 
| birth_date = 19 March 1909
| birth_place = [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|11|11|1909|3|19|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Haedo, Buenos Aires Province|Haedo]], Argentina
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1926–1931
| years2 = 1931
| years3 = 1931–1936
| years4 = 1936
| years5 = 1937-1938
| years6 = 1938–1943
| years7 = 1943–1944
| years8 = 1944–1946
| years9 = 1946–1948
| clubs1 = [[Estudiantil Porteño]]
| clubs2 = [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia La Plata]]
| clubs3 = [[Internazionale Milano F.C.|Ambrosiana-Inter]]
| clubs4 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| clubs5 = [[Estudiantil Porteño]]
| clubs6 = [[Internazionale Milano F.C.|Ambrosiana-Inter]]
| clubs7 = [[Novara Calcio|Novara]]
| clubs8 = [[A.C. Legnano|Legnano]]
| clubs9 = [[Cosenza Calcio 1914|Cosenza]]
| caps1 = 108
| caps2 = 1
| caps3 = 155
| caps4 = 3
| caps5 = 21
| caps6 = 113
| caps7 = 16
| caps8 = 16
| caps9 = 44
| goals1 = 37
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 50
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 14
| goals6 = 26
| goals7 = 5
| goals8 = 5
| goals9 = 0
| totalcaps = 377
| totalgoals = 138
| nationalyears1 = 1930–1931
| nationalyears2 = 1932–1940
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalcaps2 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| manageryears1 = 1945–1946
| managerclubs1 = [[A.C. Legnano|Legnano]]
| manageryears2 = 1946–1948
| managerclubs2 = [[Cosenza Calcio|Cosenza]]
| manageryears3 = 1951
| managerclubs3 = [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia La Plata]]
| manageryears4 = 1965
| managerclubs4 = [[Sportivo Italiano]]
| manageryears5 = 1973
| managerclubs5 = [[Club Almirante Brown|Almirante Brown]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|ITA|1861}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934 Italy]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central European International Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1933–35 Central European International Cup|1933–35 Europe]]|}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|ARG|1861}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 Uruguay]]|}}
}}

'''Atilio José Demaría''' ({{IPA|es|aˈtiljo xoˈse ðemaˈɾi.a}}; 19 March 1909 – 11 November 1990), Italianized as '''Attilio Demaria''' ({{IPA|it|atˈtiːljo demaˈriːa|IPA}}), was an [[Italian Argentine]] [[Association football|footballer]], who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He played club football in Argentina and Italy. At international level, he represented [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 World Cup]] and [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934 World Cup]], reaching the finals of both tournaments and winning the latter edition of the competition.

==Club career==
Demaría was born in [[Buenos Aires]]. After starting his career in Argentina, he played 295 games for [[Internazionale Milano F.C.|Internazionale]] of Italy between 1931 and 1943, scoring 86 goals for the club, also serving as the team's [[Captain (association football)|captain]] between 1940 and 1943.

Demaría also played for [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia de La Plata]], [[Estudiantil Porteño]] and [[Club Atlético Independiente]] in Argentina and [[Novara Calcio|Novara]], [[A.C. Legnano|Legnano]] and [[Cosenza Calcio 1914|Cosenza]] in Italy.

==International career==
Demaría represented the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]] on three occasions between 1930 and 1931, and took part in the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 World Cup]], winning a runners-up medal. He was later also a member of the [[Italy national football team|Italy]] squad that won the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934 World Cup]] on home soil as well as the squad that won the [[1933–35 Central European International Cup]]; in total, he made thirteen appearances for Italy between 1932 and 1940, scoring three goals.

==Personal life==
His younger brother [[Félix Demaría]] also played football professionally, including a season for [[Ambrosiana-Inter]]. To distinguish them, Attilio was referred to as '''Demaría I ''' and Félix as '''Demaría II'''. Attilio Demaría died in [[Haedo, Buenos Aires]] on 11 November 1990.

==Honours==
'''Ambrosiana-Inter'''
*[[Serie A]]: [[1939–40 Serie A|1939–40]]
*[[Coppa Italia]]: [[1938–39 Coppa Italia|1938–39]]

'''Argentina'''
*[[FIFA World Cup]]: Runner-up [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]

;[[Italy national football team|Italy]]
* [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]: [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]
* [[Central European International Cup]]: [[1933–35 Central European International Cup|1933–35]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060516040646/http://www.interfc.it/Demaria.asp Profile] on the Inter website {{in lang|it}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080803173844/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html RSSSF]

{{Argentina Squad 1930 World Cup}}
{{Italy Squad 1934 World Cup}}

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