The Duck Abbondanzieri

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His name is Roberto Carlos Abbondanzieri better known as The Duck Abbondanzieri, was born on August 12, 1972 in Bouquet province of Santa Fe, Argentina, is a great ex-footballer who held the position of goalkeeper. He is remembered by the Argentine fans especially the Boca Juniors club where he had the most glorious years of his career.

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His beginnings are in the club of his province in the Argentino Atletico Club of the Parejas, then went to the lower central Rosario where he played until early 1997. Boca Juniors paid to take him to their squad, where his first seasons were difficult. Oscar Cordoba, another great goalkeeper, kept the Xeneize team's starting position in the goal until one day the Colombian suffered an injury giving Abbondanzieri a great opportunity which he did not hesitate to take advantage of to show his talent.

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From that moment on, no one took the Argentinian's title away from him, where he won six local championships, three Libertadores Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, two South American Cups and one South American Re-Cup. The duck Abbondanzieri was also considered the best goalkeeper in South America in 2003 and in the South American Cup in 2005.

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After playing with his national team at the World Cup in Germany in 2006, where he had a good performance he went to Getafe in Spain, there he maintained a great level taking the team to two King's Cup finals and also to play the UEFA Cup 2007-2008 where they reached the quarterfinals being eliminated by Bayern Munich. In that same season, they won the Zamora Trophy, a title that is given in the Spanish League to the goalkeeper with the least defeated goal.

In 2009 he returns to Boca but things did not go as he wanted, after the bad results with Boca damaged the plans that El Pato had for the future retirement of his career as a professional footballer. For this reason I emigrate to Inter de Porto Alegre in Brazil, but again a goalkeeper kept the title in this club, this time was Renan. Until December 18, 2010 after finishing third in the Club World Cup after defeating South Korea's Seongman Ilhwa with a partial result of 4 to 2, he entered in the 28th minute of the second half where he was applauded by the Brazilian team's fans.

The Abbondanzieri Duck was one of the last great Argentine idols, who defended with firmness the three sticks of his goal, nobody has been able to equal each one of the merits that this great player has harvested throughout his career.

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Although he longed for his retirement from the pitch to be in the Bombonera full of fans, he will always be remembered as one of the last great Argentine goalkeepers of the twentieth century. This fact was confirmed by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics choosing him among the 10 best goalkeepers of the 21st century.

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