Juan Alberto Schiaffino
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Full name | Juan Alberto Schiaffino Villano | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 July 1925 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 November 2002 | (aged 77)|||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Attacking midfielder/Forward | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1943–1954 |
Peñarol | 227 | (88) | |||||||||||
1954–1960 | Milan | 149 | (47) | |||||||||||
1960–1962 | Roma | 39 | (3) | |||||||||||
Total | 415 | (138) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1946–1954 | Uruguay | 21 | (9) | |||||||||||
1954–1958 | Italy | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Uruguay | |||||||||||||
1975–1976 |
Peñarol | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villano (Italian pronunciation:
He was ranked as the best Uruguayan footballer of all time by an
Club career
Following his eight successful years in
International career
Schiaffino played for two national teams; first with the Uruguyan national team from 1946 to 1954, and later with the Italy national team from 1954 to 1958, courtesy of his paternal grandfather who was a Ligurian from the province of Genoa.[4]
He earned 21 caps with the Uruguyan national team, scoring nine goals, and four caps with the Italy national team.
Schiaffino participated actively in
Style of play
A tactically versatile player, with a slender physique, Schiaffino was usually deployed as a left-sided
Death
Schiaffino died on 13 November 2002. His remains are buried at the Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.[10]
Honours
Club
- Peñarol
- Uruguayan First Division: 1949, 1951, 1953.
- Uruguayan Competition Tournament: 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953.
- Uruguayan Honor Tournament: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953.
- Uruguayan South American Youth Champions Tournament: 1954.
- 1961
International
Individual
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1950[12]
- IFFHS Uruguayan Player of the 20th Century[7]
- IFFHS South American Player of the 20th Century (6th place)[7]
- IFFHS Player of the 20th Century (17th place)[7]
- World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time[13]
- A.C. Milan Hall of Fame[11]
- IFFHS Legends[14]
- FIFA World Cup Silver Ball (2nd Best Player): 1950
- Latin Cup Top Goalscorer: 1956[15]
- UEFA Jubilee Poll (2004): #82[16]
- IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team[17]
References
- ^ a b c "Schiaffino Juan Alberto" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Murió ayer el ex futbolista uruguayo, Juan Schiaffino". El Siglo de Torreón. 14 November 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ a b "The Greatest Offensive Midfielders of All-Time".
- ^ a b c d e Sebastiano Vernazza (14 November 2002). "Addio geniale Schiaffino" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ a b Fabio Bianchi; Gaetano Imparato; Alberto Cerruti (14 November 2002). "Aveva il senso della squadra" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Juan Alberto SCHIAFFINO" (in Italian). magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d "IFFHS' Century Elections".
- ^ a b "Schiaffino, legend on two continents". FIFA. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011.
- ^ Martini, Davide (3 August 2016). "I migliori stranieri over 30 della storia della Serie A: Guardiola, Evra, Rummenigge ed altri!" (in Italian). 90min.com. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Farewell to a big one" (in Spanish). LR21. 15 November 2002.
- ^ a b "A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: Juan Alberto Schiaffino". acmilan.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup All-Star Team – Football world Cup All Star Team". Football.sporting99.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ "World Soccer Players of the Century". World Soccer. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "IFFHS (International Federation of Football for History & Statistics". iffhs.de. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "UEFA Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS All-Time Uruguay Men's Dream Team". IFFHS. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
External links
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino at FIFA (archived)
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino at EU-Football.info
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino at FBref.com
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino at National-Football-Teams.com
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino at WorldFootball.net
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino on RSSSF
- SuperFutbol profile