Often editions of world sporting events are symbolically represented by an athlete who has marked his or her name to become inseparable during that particular tournament. In this sense the name of José Andrade is forever associated with Uruguay’s gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.When all of Europe discovered the charm of Maravilla Negra.
street artist – In a town on the border between Uruguay and Argentina in the early 20th century, José Leandro Andrade was born to an Argentine mother and father of African descent., According to the author Jorge Chagas, his father was a ninety-year-old magician and his reading of “Gloria y Tormento” is lost in the dark alleys of legend and myth by way of history. Growing up, little Jose devotes himself to the most varied jobs, from shoe polish to newspaper salesman, and playing football. He does so in the neighborhood of Palermo in Montevideo, where he moves to live with an aunt. He starts playing on the street where he also learns the art of music by trying his hand as a musician and dancer at the Montevideo Carnival., And so between kicking a tambourine and a ball he begins to show up at the small club in Misness, but his football career begins when he enters the Bella Vista club in 1921, where he plays with Jose Nazczyk, Andrade plays in the top league with Bella Vista and pretends so much that in 1923 he made his debut in the national team.
The 1920s are the years of Andrade, who, after wearing a Bella Vista shirt, plays for five seasons at Montevideo Nacional., without ever being able to win the championship. Football satisfaction from the national team and extraordinary international performances brings him: he will also play in Pearol, but Andrade has already given him the best on the football field at the time.
Celestials of the 1920s – His career, his football legend, Andrade writes almost entirely with or without the Uruguay national team. This is the great Uruguay of the 1920sable to win Two Olympic gold medals and the first edition of the Football World Cup, and National Andrade is one of the stars. Not just one, of course. The national team is full of very talented players who will lead them to win international titles in the series.
The second decade of the 20th century can be called the football decade of Uruguay., La Celeste not only won the South American Championship in 1920, but won the 1923 editions with the debut of Andrade – winning all 1924 and 1926 races. Not only this. Uruguay won in 1924 and 1928 Gold medals at the Olympic Games in Paris and Amsterdam and closes out this irreversible period by winning the first edition of football world cup in 1930 It is held in Uruguay. Therefore, in a decade, Uruguay won 4 editions of the South American Championship, 2 Olympic awards and 1 World Cup. All thanks to a generation of events such as Nassazi, Scarone, Patron, El Manco Castro, CEA and, of course, Andrade.
Paris Boehm 1924 – 1924 is the year in which the whole world discovers the strength and beauty of Uruguay and its stars, As mentioned, this opportunity is given by the Paris Olympic Games, during which the European public can see and admire Celeste for the first time. The star is his own among the stars of the 1924 Olympic football tournament Europe’s first black footballer Jose Andrade praised live, Andrade does not spare himself, neither on the pitch nor on the off. After the tournament, Andrade is literally kidnapped by the Night of Paris. He stops in the French capital where the most inspiring Parisian remains as a bohemian, The time is marked by champagne bottles and beautiful ladies in Pigalle’s cabaret and nightclubs, Andrade has a fleeting affair with another spirit of the night at the time, the scandalous diva Josephine Baker.
‘Marvilla Negra’ – Much of Andrade’s life and legend revolves around his 1924 trip to Paris. Uruguay participates in the Olympic tournament because of a promise that Federal President Narancio made to the team in ’23: If you win the South American championship next year, you will go to Paris. No sooner said than done. But the journey comes at a steep cost, Narancio must also mortgage the house to keep his promise, but in the end Uruguay arrives in Paris, after a long journey to Spain by steamer, then by train and several friendly “approaches”. Required to finish paying the expenses.
Uruguay is in Paris. Not as a tourist. La Celeste wins all games, and apart from the semi-finals where the Netherlands face many difficulties in finishing, they are all games without history, including the final where Uruguay wins 3–0 against Switzerland., It’s a win, barely riddled with accusations from some associations that question the amateur rule of footballers. Net is a statement of pure strength. For the first time Europeans see a black football player: this is Andrade. With his technique and his strength, Andrade entertains the public in the stands and soon the nickname that will stay with him forever, Marvilla Negra, is sewn on him. Andrade, however, with his tight tread, his strong artistic vein, entertains – and has fun – even off the pitch.
Andrade would still win several titles, including his first Uruguayan title with Pearol in 1931, but his career was on the verge of an end after the World Cup. After his return in 1935, Andrade began the last phase of his life where After dying in solitude on 5 October 1957, the vicious would gradually lead him to lose money and loved ones.
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