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unusual facts about Omar Sivori


Arsenal de Llavallol

Some of the most notable players of the team promoted were Humberto Maschio, Vladislao Cap, Omar Sívori and Antonio Angelillo who would later win the 1957 South American Championship with the Argentina national team.


Antonio Valentín Angelillo

Upon their arrival in Italy, Angelillo and his countrymen Omar Sivori and Humberto Maschio acquired the nickname The Angels with Dirty Faces (an ironic reference to the then-celebrated Angels with Dirty Faces movie), on account of their typically South American colour and flair.

PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv

In season 1964-65, Lokomotiv Plovdiv reaches the quarter-final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where after two draws with the legendary team of Juventus with Omar Sívori, Luis del Sol and Sandro Salvadore in their squad (each ending with a score 1:1), a third play-off match is chosen by UEFA to be played in Torino.


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