Name: Roberto Luiz La Paz
Country:
UruguayClubs: S.S.C. Napoli (1947-1949), Olympique de Marseille (1949-1950), Montpellier H.S.C. (1950-1951), AS Monaco FC (1951-1952)
Position: *CF, SS
Side: RF/BS
Age: 28-33 years (19/08/1919)
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 84 kg
Attack: 83
Defence: 30
Balance: 90
Stamina: 75
Top Speed: 80
Acceleration: 76
Response: 80
Agility: 72
Dribble Accuracy: 86
Dribble Speed: 75
Short Pass Accuracy: 77
Short Pass Speed: 71
Long Pass Accuracy: 74
Long Pass Speed: 70
Shot Accuracy: 81
Shot Power: 85
Shot Technique: 81
Free Kick Accuracy: 69
Curling: 66
Header: 81
Jump: 75
Technique: 83
Aggression: 83
Mentality: 67
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 68
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 4
Growth Type: Late Peak
CARDS:
P07: Mazing Run
S05: 1-touch Play
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - 1 touch Pass
Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded
INFO:
Former Uruguayan striker, the first coloured player in Italy. He was very strong player, technically gifted with good shot and dribbling but problematic private life which reduced significantly his qualities on the football pitch. Forward by physique, purchased in 1946 by Frattese competed in a league with Frattese not thrilling, so two championships with the shirt of Naples from 1947 to 1949, one in Serie A and the other in Serie B, after you arrived, freed , by steamer at the suggestion of Michael Andreolo was the first black player in the history of Neapolitan society. He distinguished himself particularly in a home victory 5-1 (during which the Neapolitans saw you cancel a goal by Barbieri and to deny a penalty for hand ball in a game against a team from the defense until then hard to beat) against Modena where, according to the chronicler of the Corriere dello Sport, raced a masterful game. On June 20, 1948, on the occasion of the defeat against Inter Milan 1-0, scored a goal in the 43rd Venice Bonivento the referee canceled after indicating to the players to return in midfield, for a charge of unlawful Angelo Franzosi. This match, the third to last of the season, cost the relegation of Naples at the end of the 1947-48 season. After the Italian experience, he moved to France where he wore the jerseys of Olympique Marseille, which debuted Jan. 1, 1950 in Division 1 in the home victory against Stade Français 2-1, then, on loan from Marseille, of Montpellier and Monaco. Is also remembered for being in the field in a friendly win Frattese with which he made his debut against Milan, in 1946, a 4-1.