Name: Edgardo Norberto Andrada

Nickname: "El Gato", "Goleiro do Rei"


(Edgardo Andrada with Pelé the day he scored his 1000th goal)

Country: Argentina
Club: Rosario Central / Vasco da Gama
Shirt Number: 1
Position: ★GK
Side: RF/BS
Age: 28-32 years (02/01/1939 ✝ 03/09/2019)

Height: 178 cm
Weight: 77 kg

Attack: 30
Defence: 87
Balance: 77
Stamina: 63
Top Speed: 68
Acceleration: 72
Response: 89
Agility: 80
Dribble Accuracy: 55
Dribble Speed: 54
Short Pass Accuracy: 63
Short Pass Speed: 58
Long Pass Accuracy: 66
Long Pass Speed: 64
Shot Accuracy: 44
Shot Power: 81
Shot Technique: 44
Free Kick Accuracy: 44
Swerve: 45
Heading: 48
Jump: 84
Technique: 55
Aggression: 64
Mentality: 73
Goalkeeper Skills: 84
Team work: 76

Injury Tolerance: A
Condition/Fitness: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 4
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Standard/Lasting

CARDS:
S12 - 1-On-1 Keeper

SPECIAL ABILITIES: 1-On-1 Stopper

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Defence-Minded

INFO:
Edgardo Andrada was an Argentine footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Rosario, Santa Fe (01/02/1939), his professional journey began at Rosario Central, where he debuted on May 15, 1960. Despite not having the typical height for his position, he compensated with exceptional reflexes and agility, becoming known for his ability to make seemingly impossible saves. A distinctive trait was his habit of playing in an entirely black kit, paying homage to his idol, Lev Yashin. His consistency was legendary; after his debut, he became an immovable fixture in the goal, playing 173 consecutive games from 1960 through 1965—a record in Argentine football that remains unmatched. An injury interrupted his streak in 1966, but he returned to play full seasons in 1967 and 1968. His international career with the Argentine national team began on October 12, 1961. While he was frequently pre-selected for major tournaments, his participation was often hampered by circumstance. He was cut from the final squad for the 1962 World Cup and missed the 1966 World Cup due to a broken finger sustained in training. Despite these setbacks, he was the starting goalkeeper in important competitions like the 1963 Copa América, where Argentina finished third, and in various cup matches against rivals like Brazil and Chile. The most celebrated chapter of his career began in 1969 when he transferred to Vasco da Gama in Brazil. It was there that he faced one of football's most historic moments: on November 19, 1969, he was the goalkeeper tasked with facing Pelé, who was on the verge of scoring his 1,000th career goal. Andrada famously strained to avoid conceding the milestone goal, even getting a hand to the penalty kick that ultimately secured Pelé's place in history. Despite this, his time at Vasco was highly successful; he played over 300 games and won the two major titles of his career: the 1970 Campeonato Carioca and the 1974 Campeonato Brasileiro. His legacy at the club was so profound that he was later voted the second-best goalkeeper in its history. After leaving Vasco in 1975, his playing career wound down with spells at Esporte Clube Vitória in Brazil and a return to Argentina with Colón, before he finally retired at the age of 43 in 1982 after a season with Club Renato Cesarini. However, Andrada's legacy extends far beyond the pitch.

Shortly before his retirement, he embarked on a second, dark career by joining the Army Intelligence Service, specifically Detachment 121, in August 1981. Internal reports praised his potential as an intelligence agent, noting that his stature as a famous former goalkeeper provided him with unique access and trust, particularly in working-class neighborhoods, which facilitated his "penetration of assigned targets." In 2008, his name resurfaced dramatically outside of sports when a former repressor, Eduardo Costanzo, testified that Andrada—identified as "Agent S"—had actively "participated in the operation that ended with the disappearance and death" of Peronist militants Osvaldo Cambiaso and Eduardo Pereyra Rossi in May 1983. The official story at the time claimed the men were killed in a shootout, but over three decades later, in 2016, high-ranking officials from Detachment 121 were sentenced to life imprisonment for their roles in the crimes. Andrada himself testified before a judge, maintaining that while he served as a civilian agent, he never participated in illegal repression. He largely avoided public discussion on the subject. When he died on September 3, 2019, at the age of 80, his obituaries were forced to reconcile the memory of the agile goalkeeper with the unresolved and shadowy figure of an intelligence agent who died with impunity for his alleged crimes against humanity.