24 Facts About Zoilo Canavery

Zoilo Canavery played the most of his career at Independiente, where he spent two tenures.

Zoilo Canavery was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, the son of Valerio Canavery and Tomasa Tones, belonging to a middle class family.

Zoilo Canavery's father, born in Barracas al Sud, was the son of a family of tanners of Irish and Creole descent.

Zoilo Canavery's mother, born in Bilbao, belonged to a family of immigrants of French Basque origin, established towards the end of the 19th century in Avellaneda.

Zoilo Canavery did his elementary studies in Buenos Aires, and worked as a Municipal official in the civil registration of Avellaneda.

Zoilo Canavery was cousin of Pedro Canaveri, a politician belonging to the Radical Party, who served as president of Club Independiente and Argentine Football Association.

Zoilo Canavery debuted in 1912 for Independiente as a right winger.

Between 1914 and 1917 Zoilo Canavery played for Racing Club de Avellaneda, where some of his teammates were Angel Betular, Alberto Ohaco, Alberto Marcovecchio, Juan Hospital and Natalio Perinetti.

In Racing, Zoilo Canavery won three Primera Division titles, two Copa Ibarguren and one Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires in 1915.

Zoilo Canavery settled in Montevideo in 1917, the year in which they tried to hire him to play for the Club Atletico Penarol.

In 1918 Zoilo Canavery returned for one short time to Independiente, where he played the Copa de Honor.

Zoilo Canavery later moved to Boca Juniors, who won their first title in 1919.

Zoilo Canavery stayed two seasons, scoring 12 goals in 32 matches played.

In Boca Juniors, Zoilo Canavery played with notable footballers such as Americo Tesoriere, Alfredo Garasini and Pedro Calomino among others.

Zoilo Canavery later returned to Independiente in 1921, where then he won the 1922 and 1926 championships.

Towards the end of his career, Zoilo Canavery scored a penalty goal against Chacarita Juniors, in a match played at Independiente Stadium on March 10,1929.

Zoilo Canavery was one of few foreigners to play for the Seleccion Argentina.

Zoilo Canavery had participated in several national squads of the Federacion Argentina de Football, the dissident football association of Argentina between 1912 and 1914.

Zoilo Canavery had taken part in teams with several national soccer figures, including Juan Jose Rithner, Juan Johnston and Guillermo Dannaher.

That same year Canavery played another international match with Independiente v English Chelsea FC, team that was touring on South America.

Zoilo Canavery played in the first team of the Independent Club until 1930, the year in which he decided to retire definitively to begin his activity as a sports coach.

In 1932 Canavery was appointed head coach of Independiente, which played a playoff match v River Plate.

Zoilo Canavery was the sports director of Independiente for several seasons, including the first division championship of 1935 in which Independiente was runner-up.

Zoilo Canavery was honored by several composers of tango as Alfonso Gagliano, who recorded an instrumental song titled Canaveri, written in 1919.