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{{Short description|Argentine footballer (born 1963)}}
{{Other uses|Goicoechea (disambiguation){{!}}Goicoechea}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sergio Goycochea
| image = Goycochea tv host 2015.jpg
| caption = Goycochea in 2015
| fullname = Sergio Javier Goycochea
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|10|17|df=y}}
| height = 1.85 m
| birth_place = [[Zárate, Buenos Aires Province|Zárate, Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1979–1982
| years2 = 1982–1988
| years3 = 1988–1990
| years4 = 1990–1991
| years5 = 1991
| years6 = 1992
| years7 = 1992–1993
| years8 = 1993–1994
| years9 = 1994–1995
| years10 = 1995–1996
| years11 = 1996–1997
| years12 = 1997–1998
| clubs1 = [[Club Atlético Defensores Unidos|Defensores Unidos]]
| clubs2 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| clubs3 = [[Millonarios]]
| clubs4 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]
| clubs5 = [[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]]
| clubs6 = [[Cerro Porteño]]
| clubs7 = [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
| clubs8 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| clubs9 = [[Deportivo Mandiyú|Mandiyú]]
| clubs10 = [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
| clubs11 = [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]]
| clubs12 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]
| caps1 = 
| caps2 = 58
| caps3 = 39
| caps4 = 35
| caps5 = 11
| caps6 = 
| caps7 = 
| caps8 = 16
| caps9 = 30
| caps10 = 22
| caps11 = 2
| caps12 = 13
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 
| goals7 = 
| goals8 = 0
| goals9 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| goals11 = 0
| goals12 = 0
| totalcaps = 226
| totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1981
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national under-20 football team|Argentina U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1987–1994
| nationalteam2 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps2 = 44
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1991 Copa América|1991 Chile]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1993 Copa América|1993 	Ecuador]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993 Argentina]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{medal|RU|[[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 Italy]]|}}
}}
'''Sergio Javier Goycochea''' ({{IPA|es|ˈseɾxjo xaˈβjeɾ ɣojkoˈtʃea}}; born 17 October 1963) is an Argentine former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He is best known for helping his country reach the [[1990 FIFA World Cup final|1990 FIFA World Cup Final]] with his [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]] saves.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the penalty killers|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/meet-the-penalty-killers-1585700/|url-status=dead|website=FIFA|access-date=11 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308181903/https://www.fifa.com/news/meet-the-penalty-killers-1585700/|archive-date=8 March 2021}}</ref>

==Club career==
{{Expand section|date=November 2024}}
Goycochea played a few months in the French second division in 1991 for [[Stade Brestois 29]], then named ''Brest Armorique'', a team which included players such as [[David Ginola]], [[Corentin Martins]] and [[Stéphane Guivarc'h]]. Nonetheless, the team went bankrupt in November of that year, and was moved to the third division and lost its professional-team status.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

==International career==
Goycochea was the [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] for [[Nery Pumpido]] both in [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] and in the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]], and got his big break at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=El día que a Sergio Goycochea le tocó debutar en el Mundial tras la fractura de Nery Pumpido|url=https://tn.com.ar/deportes/futbol/2023/06/13/el-dia-que-a-sergio-goycochea-le-toco-debutar-en-el-mundial-tras-la-fractura-de-nery-pumpido/|website=TN Argentina|date=13 June 2023|access-date=28 November 2024|language=es}}</ref> When Pumpido broke his leg in [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]'s second group game against the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]], Goycochea stepped in and remained the team's starting goalkeeper for the remainder of the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Los secretos de Sergio Goycochea para brillar en los penales del Mundial de Italia 1990|url=https://www.tycsports.com/seleccion-argentina/secretos-sergio-goycochea-brillar-penales-mundial-italia-1990-id593954.html|website=[[TyC Sports]]|date=3 July 2024|access-date=28 November 2024|language=es}}</ref>

In the knockout stage, Goycochea effectively played a huge part in keeping Argentina in the tournament; he kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 Second Round victory over [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] and saved penalties in the quarter-final and semi-final [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]] victories against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] and [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. He was also close to saving the game-winning penalty kick from [[Andreas Brehme]] in the final against [[Germany national football team|Germany]], which Argentina lost 1–0.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Argentina: Top Ten Past Heros|url=http://www.attackingsoccer.com/2010/04/argentina-top-ten-past-heros/|website=Attacking Soccer|access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> He was chosen as the goalkeeper of the Cup's [[FIFA World Cup awards#All-Star Team|All-Star Team]]. Reflecting on the 1990 tournament, Goycochea told FIFA: "To my mind, it was as if we were world champions again anyway".<ref>{{Cite web|title=1990 FIFA World Cup {{!}} News Behind the World Cup record: Sergio Goycochea |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/meet-the-penalty-killers-1585700/|url-status=dead|website=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308181903/https://www.fifa.com/news/meet-the-penalty-killers-1585700/|archive-date=8 March 2021}}</ref>

With the national team, Goycochea went on to won the [[1991 Copa América]], [[1992 FIFA Confederations Cup]], [[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup]], and [[Copa América 1993|1993 Copa América]]. At the latter tournament, he appeared on [[TV commercials]] for a [[Pepsi]] promotion by [[PepsiCo]]'s division in Guayaquil. Goycochea also was on TV commercials for [[Adidas]] years later.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

His last name, ''Goycochea'', spelled without ''e'', but which other people of the same genealogy spell as ''Goycoechea'', is derived from the [[Basque language|Basque]] [[Basque surnames|surname]] ''Goikoetxea'' meaning '' topmost house'' (from ''goiko'' "of the top" and ''etxe'' "house"). Sergio is frequently nicknamed thus ''El Vasco'', but also ''El Goyco''.

Goycochea is a football journalist hosting ''Elegante Sport'' ([[Canal 7 (Argentina)|Argentina's Canal 7]]) and has partnered with [[Diego Maradona]] at ''[[La Noche del 10]]''.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489614/</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
:Source:<ref>{{NFT|14938|accessdate=}}</ref>
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|footer = Two moments of Goycochea with Argentina at the 1990 World Cup (left): wishing well with [[Diego Maradona]] and after stopping a penalty kick (right)
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|colspan="3"|[[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|1987||1||0
|-
|1988||0||0
|-
|1989||0||0
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|1990||7||0
|-
|1991||13||0
|-
|1992||4||0
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|1993||16||0
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|1994||3||0
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!Total||44||0
|}

==Honours==
===Club===
'''River Plate'''
*[[Argentine Primera División]]: [[1985–86 Argentine Primera División|1985–86]], [[1993–94 Argentine Primera División|1993 Apertura]]
*[[Copa Libertadores]]: [[1986 Copa Libertadores|1986]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/campeones-internacionales-1986-Copa-Libertadores-River-Plate-15.html|title=Copa Libertadores 1986 Plantel Campeón de Club Atlético River Plate|website=Argentine Primera División|date=23 August 2023|access-date=18 May 2018|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cariverplate.com.ar/35-anios-river-homenajeo-a-los-campeones-de-america-de-1986|title=35 años: River homenajeó a los campeones de América de 1986|website=River Plate|date=23 August 2023|access-date=7 November 2022|language=es}}</ref>
*[[Copa Interamericana]]: [[1986 Copa Interamericana|1986]]
*[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1986 Intercontinental Cup|1986]]
*[[Copa Centenario de la AFA]] runner-up: [[1993 Copa Centenario Final|1993]]

'''Millonarios'''
*[[Categoría Primera A|Campeonato Colombiano]]: 1988

'''Olimpia'''
*[[Copa CONMEBOL]] runner-up: [[1992 Copa CONMEBOL finals|1992]]

'''Vélez Sarsfield'''
*[[Recopa Sudamericana]]: [[1997 Recopa Sudamericana|1997]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://velez.com.ar/junta-historica/notas/2019/04/12/142957_recopados|title=¡Recopados!|website=Vélez Sarsfield|date=23 August 2023|access-date=13 April 2018|language=es}}</ref>

===International===
'''Argentina'''
*[[Copa América]]: [[1991 Copa América|1991]], [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: [[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]]
*[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]: [[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993]]
*[[FIFA World Cup]] runner-up: [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]

===Individual===
*[[FIFA World Cup awards|FIFA World Cup All-Star Team]]: [[1990 FIFA World Cup#All-star team|1990]]
*[[Footballer of the Year of Argentina]]: 1990
*[[FIFA|FIFA XI]]: 1991<ref>{{Cite web|title=Matches of FIFA XI|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-xi.html|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper]] (2): Silver ball 1991,<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 1991|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-gkoy91.html|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref> 1993<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 1993|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-gkoy93.html|access-date=3 December 2020|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
*South American Team of the Year (2): 1992, 1993<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/sam-toy.html|title=South American Team of the Year|website=RSSSF|date=16 January 2009|access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref>
*[[Copa América#Copa América player of the tournament|Copa América player of the tournament]]: [[Copa América 1993|1993]]

==See also==
* [[List of expatriate footballers in Paraguay]]
* [[Football in Paraguay#Players and records|Players and Records in Paraguayan Football]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020025252/http://futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=345 Futbol Factory profile] (Archived) {{in lang|es}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120217215906/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=5304&SEOFutbolista=Goycochea+Sergio+Javier Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI]}} {{in lang|es}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061129211804/http://www.diagonal.org.ar/per_edicion-det.php?id=229 Interview to Sergio Goycochea – Diagonal] {{in lang|es}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100311051218/http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/goycochea Globo Esporte's Futpédia entry] {{in lang|pt}}

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