Sergio Goycoechea

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Sergio Javier Goycoechea (born October 17, 1963 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), nicknamed El Goyco, is a famous retired Argentinian soccer goalkeeper. He is mostly known for being a good penalty kick saver. That is why he was sometimes nicknamed "El Tapapenales".

As a substitute for Nery Pumpido for the Argentine national team in the [[Football World Cup {}|{} World Cup semifinals, he saved penalty kicks in the penalty shootout against the Italian national team's Roberto Donadoni and Aldo Serena. He was also close to saving the game-winning penalty kick of the 1990 World Cup final against Germany, which Argentina lost 1-0.

On October 10, 1990, Goycoechea won the Copa Libertadores South American finals 3-1 with Club Olimpia from Asunción, Paraguay, against Barcelona SC from Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Goycoechea also won the 1993 Copa América final in Ecuador on July 4, 1993 with Argentina 2-1 against goalkeeper Jorge Campos' Mexican national team. On the occasion of that 1993 Copa América tournament, Goycoechea appeared on TV commercials for a Pepsi promotion by PepsiCo's division in Guayaquil. He also was on TV commercials for adidas soccer apparel some years later.

Goycochea also played for other soccer teams:

Argentina: Racing Club, Newell's Old Boys, River Plate, Vélez Sarsfield, Deportivo Mandiyú
Brazil: Sport Club Internacional
Colombia: Millonarios
France: Stade Brestois 29
Paraguay: Cerro Porteño