Juan José Rithner
{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
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|birth_date = 5 January 1980
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Juan José Rithner (5 January 1890 – 23 August 1960) was an Argentine footballer, who played as goalkeeper for Club Atlético Porteño and the Argentina national team.{{Cite web |last=Barnade |first=Oscar |date=29 July 2015 |title=Porteño y sus medallas de oro |url=http://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/Trece_decadas-1895-Porteno-medallas_oro-120_anos-Barnade_0_1402659891.html |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=Clarín |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Juan Rithner |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/juan-rithner/ |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}
With Porteño, Rithner won four titles, two Primera División championships and two national cups.
Career
Rithner was born in Baradero, a town in Buenos Aires Province, son of a family of Irish roots.{{Cite web |last=Monaghan |first=Sean |date=26 October 2022 |title=Argentine Football – An Irish Act |url=https://pogmogoal.com/the-blog-reel/argentine-football-an-irish-act/27024/ |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=Póg Mo Goal}} His career as a footballer in Primera División started at C.A. Porteño.
He played the 1911 Argentine Primera División playoff game against Alumni in 1911, which Porteño lost 2–1.{{Cite web |last=Ciullini |first=Pablo |date=4 March 2021 |title=Argentina 1911 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg11.html |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=RSSSF}} In the following year, he was champion with Porteño.{{Cite web |last=Gorgazzi |first=Osvaldo José |date=16 October 2004 |title=Argentina - Domestic Championships 1912 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg12.html |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=RSSSF}}
His performances in Porteño earned him a place in the Argentina national team. On May 27, 1914, Rithner scored two goals against Uruguay in a match played in Córdoba, Argentina.{{Cite web |last=Farías |first=Gustavo |date=2 March 2007 |title=Una visita que se hizo esperar |url=http://archivo.lavoz.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=49000 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=La Voz del Interior |language=Spanish}} He played in the first South American Championship (now Copa América), held in 1916.{{Cite web |last=Tabeira |first=Martín |date=10 August 2007 |title=Southamerican Championship 1916 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/16safull.html |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=RSSSF}}
After his retirement from football, in 1919 Rithner served as referee in a Copa Premier Honor Argentino match held in Estadio GEBA, where Argentina thrashed Uruguay 6–1.{{Cite web |title=Argentina v Uruguay, 19 October 1919 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/argentina-v-uruguay-19-october-1919-223110/ |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=11v11: International Football History and Statistics}}
= Honours =
- Primera División (2): 1912, 1914
- Copa de Competencia Jockey Club (2): 1915, 1918
References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net | juan-rithner }}
{{Argentina squad 1916 South American Championship}}
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Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires
Category:Argentina men's international footballers
Category:Argentine people of Irish descent