Guillermo Stábile
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Date of birth | 17 January 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 December 1966 | (aged 61)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Centre forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sportivo Metán | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920–1923 | Huracán | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1924–1930 | Huracán | 119 | (102) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1930–1935 |
Genoa | 41 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1935–1936 |
Napoli | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1936–1939 |
Red Star Paris | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 240 | (138) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1930 | Argentina | 4 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1931–1932 |
Genoa (co-manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1937–1939 |
Red Star Paris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1939–1940 |
San Lorenzo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1939–1958 | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1940–1941 | Estudiantes LP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1941–1949 | Huracán | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1949–1960 | Racing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960 | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Guillermo Stábile (17 January 1905 – 26 December 1966) was an Argentine professional
Club career
Early career
Stábile was born in
Genoa
After capturing the world's attention with his impressive feats in the First World Cup, he was signed by
Napolion
During the 1935–36 season, he moved to
Red Star Paris
As a last act of his playing career, Stábile moved to
International career
Stábile made his debut for the Argentina national team at the age of 25, in his team's second match in the first ever FIFA World Cup held in 1930 in Uruguay. He did not play in Argentina's first match of the competition against France.[1]
His debut came in the following game against
The final game of the group stages saw Argentina facing South American rivals
On 30 July 1930, the first ever World Cup final took place, between Argentina and Uruguay. At half time Argentina led 2–1, Stábile having scored the second goal. However, they went on to lose 4–2.
Despite losing the final, Stábile made history, becoming the top scorer in the first ever FIFA World Cup, with his tally of 8 goals in 4 games. It turned out that he would never play for Argentina again, and thus he scored in every game he played for his country, with an average of two goals per match.
International goals
- Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Stábile goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Round | Report |
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1 | 19 July 1930 | Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay | Mexico | 1–0 | 6–3 | 1930 FIFA World Cup | Group 1 | [1] |
2 | 3–1 | |||||||
3 | 6–3 | |||||||
4 | 22 July 1930 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | Chile | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1930 FIFA World Cup | Group 1 | [2] |
5 | 2–1 | |||||||
6 | 26 July 1930 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | United States | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1930 FIFA World Cup | Semi-final | [3] |
7 | 6–0 | |||||||
8 | 30 July 1930 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | Uruguay | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1930 FIFA World Cup | Final |
[4] |
Managerial career
Stábile had received his first taste of managing, way back in the 1931–32 season at Genoa, long before he retired from playing. Here he spent the aforementioned season as a co-manager, alongside Luigi Burlando.
After a year at Red Star Paris, he became
Stábile coached Argentina to six South American Championship trophies: in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 1957. After the first round exit at the 1958 World Cup, where Argentina lost the last of its three matches with 1–6 to Czechoslovakia, his time with the national side came to a halt. He was called back to the helm of Argentina in 1960 and he led Argentina in the third and last edition of the Panamerican Football Championship, which took place in Costa Rica.
With the Argentina national side, as a coach (just as he had as a player) Stábile, set records; he coached the national team in 123 official matches gaining 83 victories, making him one of the few coaches with more than 100 international matches in charge.
While managing the national side, he also had spells coaching three other clubs, first the club where he began his career, Huracán and then later Ferro and Racing Club. He led Racing to three consecutive championships between 1949 and 1951.[3]
Stábile retired from management in 1960 to take up the role of director of the Argentina national school of football managing, a post he held, until his death in 1966.
Honours
Player
Huracán
- Primera División: 1925, 1928
- Copa Ibarguren: 1925
- Copa Aldao runner-up: 1928
Genoa CFC
Argentina
- FIFA World Cup Runner-up: 1930
Individual
Manager
Red Star F.C.
- Ligue 2: 1938–39
Huracán
- Copa Adrián C. Escobar: 1942
- Copa de Competencia: 1944
Racing Club
- Copa Adrián C. Escobar: 1945
- Primera División: 1949, 1950, 1951
Argentina
- South American Championship (6): 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957
- Pan American Games: 1951, 1955
- Panamerican Championship: 1960
References
External links
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)