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{{Short description|Italian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Raimundo Orsi
| image = Raimundo Orsi Independiente.jpg
| caption = Orsi in 1920 with [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| fullname = Raimundo Bibiani Orsi
| height = 1.69 m<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Raimundo Orsi (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/14669/Raimundo_Orsi.html |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|12|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Avellaneda]], [[Argentina]]<ref name="enciclopediadelcalcio">{{cite web|url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Orsi.html|title=Orsi, Raimundo Bibiano|publisher=Enciclopedia del Calcio|language=it|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|4|6|1901|12|2|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Santiago]], [[Chile]]<ref name="leyendas">{{cite web|url=http://www.independiente.com/paginas/swf_htm/leyendas.htm|title=Leyendas: Raimundo Orsi|publisher=Independiente.com|language=es|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref>
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)#Winger|Winger]], [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1920–1928
| years2 = 1928–1935
| years3 = 1935–1936
| years4 = 1936
| years5 = 1937
| years6 = 1938
| years7 = 1939–1940
| years8 = 1941–1942
| years9 = 1943
| clubs1 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| clubs2 = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| clubs3 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| clubs4 = [[Boca Juniors]]
| clubs5 = [[Club Atlético Platense|Platense]]
| clubs6 = [[Club Almagro|Almagro]]
| clubs7 = [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]
| clubs8 = [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]]
| clubs9 = [[Santiago National]]
| caps1 = 249
| caps2 = 194
| caps3 = 32
| caps4 = 11
| caps5 = 27
| caps6 = 23
| caps7 = 3
| caps8 = ?
| caps9 = ?
| goals1 = 110
| goals2 = 88
| goals3 = 9
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 10
| goals6 = 13
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = ?
| goals9 = ?
| nationalyears1 = 1924–1928
| nationalyears2 = 1929–1935
| nationalyears3 = 1936
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
| nationalteam3 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalcaps2 = 35
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 13
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1973
| managerclubs1 = [[Huracán de San Rafael|Huracán SR]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|ARG|1861}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1927 South American Championship|1927 Peru]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]]|}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|ITA|1861}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934 Italy]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central European International Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1927–30 Central European International Cup|1927–30 Europe]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1933–35 Central European International Cup|1933–35 Europe]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1931–32 Central European International Cup|1931–32 Europe]]|}}
}}

'''Raimundo Bibiani "Mumo" Orsi''' (2 December 1901 – 6 April 1986) was an [[Italian Argentine]] footballer who played as a [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]] or as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. At the international level, he represented both Argentina and Italy, winning the [[South American Championship 1927|1927 Copa América]] and the silver medal at the [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Summer Olympics]] in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], as well as two editions of the [[Central European International Cup]] and the [[1934 FIFA World Cup]], with [[Italy national football team|Italy]].

==Club career==
His career began in Argentina with [[Club Atlético Independiente]] (1920–1928; 1935), but it was with [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] that Orsi would have the most success in his club career. He joined the club in time for the 1928–29 season and would stay at Juventus until 1935, winning five consecutive league titles between 1931 and 1935. After leaving Italy, Orsi played the rest of his career in [[South America]]. He returned to Independiente before moving on to [[Boca Juniors]] (1936), [[Club Atlético Platense]] (1937–38), and [[Club Almagro|Almagro]] (1939–40); he also played for [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]] in [[Brazil]] (1939; 1940), [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]] in [[Uruguay]] (1941–42), and [[Santiago National]] in [[Chile]] (1943).<ref name=tuttojuve.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.tuttojuve.com/gli-eroi-bianconeri/gli-eroi-in-bianconero-raimundo-orsi-72452|title=Gli eroi in bianconero: Raimundo ORSI|publisher=Tutto Juve|language=it|author1=Stefano Bedeschi|date=2 February 2013|access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=storiedicalcio.altervista.org>{{cite web|url=http://www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org/orsi.html|title=Raimundo "Mumo" Orsi|publisher=Storie di Calcio|language=it|author1=Vladimiro Caminiti|access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref>

==International career==
His international debut for [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] on August 10, 1924, was against [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]. Over the next 12 years, he played 13 times for Argentina and scored 3 goals, winning the [[South American Championship 1927|1927 Copa América]] and the silver medal at the [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Summer Olympics]] in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23951 |title=Raimundo Orsi |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref> Orsi's career is strange by modern standards, however, in that he played for [[Italy national football team|Italy]] as well as Argentina, allowing him to gain 35 caps and score 13 goals for his second country between December 1, 1929, and March 24, 1935. This also allowed him to win two editions of the [[Central European International Cup]], and to be a part of the side that won the [[1934 FIFA World Cup]], in the [[1934 FIFA World Cup Final|final]] of which he scored. He died in 1986 aged 84.<ref name=tuttojuve.com/><ref name=storiedicalcio.altervista.org/>

==Style of play==
Considered one of the greatest players of his time, and one of the best ever Italian players in his position,<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Chiesa|first= Carlo F.|date= August 22, 1999|language= it|title= We are the champions - I 150 fuoriclasse che hanno fatto la storia del calcio| trans-title= The 150 champions that made football's history|magazine= Calcio 2000|publisher= Action Group S.r.l.|page= 124}}</ref> Orsi was a quick left-footed [[Forward (association football)#Winger|winger]], who usually played on the left flank, due to his [[Cross (football)|crossing]] ability. A prolific goalscorer, he was an accurate finisher, both with his head and his feet, and he excelled in the air and acrobatically; because of this he was also capable of playing as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]], and on the right flank, a position in which he was able to make diagonal attacking runs or cut into the centre to shoot with his stronger foot. Nicknamed "Mumo", despite his lack of shooting power and physical strength, he was an extremely quick player, with excellent technical ability, who was renowned for his [[Dribbling#Association football|dribbling]] skills and his use of [[Dummy (football)|feints]] to beat opponents. He was also an accurate [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]] taker.<ref name=tuttojuve.com/><ref name=storiedicalcio.altervista.org/>

==Honours==

===Club===
;Independiente
*[[Argentine Primera División]]: [[1922 Argentine Primera División|1922]], [[1926 Argentine Primera División|1926]]
*[[Copa de Competencia (Asociación Amateurs)|Copa de Competencia]]: 1924, 1925, 1926

;Juventus
*[[Serie A]]: [[1930–31 Serie A|1930–31]], [[1931–32 Serie A|1931–32]], [[1932–33 Serie A|1932–33]], [[1933–34 Serie A|1933–34]], [[1934–35 Serie A|1934–35]]

;Flamengo
*[[Campeonato Carioca|Rio State Championship]]: 1939

===International===
;Argentina
*[[Copa América|South American Football Championship]]: [[1927 South American Championship|1927]]
*[[Football at the Summer Olympics#Results|Summer Olympics]] Silver Medal: [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]

;[[Italy national football team|Italy]]
*[[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]: [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]
*[[Central European International Cup]]: [[1927–30 Central European International Cup|1927–30]], [[1933–35 Central European International Cup|1933–35]]; Runner-up: [[1931–32 Central European International Cup|1931–32]]

===Individual===
*[[FIFA World Cup awards#All-Star Team|FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament]]: [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://football.sporting99.com/fifa-world-cup-all-star-team.html|title=FIFA World Cup Awards: All-Star Team|access-date=19 August 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140221145557/http://www.educar.org/Educacionfisicaydeportiva/copadelmundo/Biografias/RaimundoOrsi.asp Biography] {{in lang|es}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020025503/http://futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=61 |date=October 20, 2007 |title=Futbol Factory profile}} {{in lang|es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050526084929/http://www.forza-juventus.com/biographies/orsi.htm History with Juventus] {{in lang|fr}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726145044/http://www.flaestatistica.com/orsi.htm Stats with Flamengo] {{in lang|pt}}
*[https://arfsh.com/article?id=123 arfsh.com article: Raimundo Orsi] {{in lang|en}}

{{Argentina squad 1927 South American Championship}}
{{Argentina Squad 1928 Summer Olympics}}
{{Italy Squad 1934 World Cup}}
{{1934 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament}}
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