Uruguay Gustavo Graffigna Banhoffer, also known as Uri Banhoffer or Yuri Banhoffer (14 January 1948 – 12 March 2021[1]), was a Uruguayan footballer who played for clubs in Uruguay, Chile, the Netherlands and the United States.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Uruguay Gustavo Graffigna Banhoffer | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 12 March 2021 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Quillota, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1967 | El Tanque Sisley | ||
| 1968–1970 | San Luis | ||
| 1971 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| 1972 | Unión Española | ||
| 1973 | Pachuca | ||
| 1973 | Atlético Español | ||
| 1974 | Aviación | ||
| 1974–1975 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 38 | (21) |
| 1975–1979 | PEC Zwolle | ||
| 1979 | Santiago Morning | ||
| 1980–1983 | San Luis | ||
| 1984 | Iberia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, and Alzheimer's disease.
Career
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Graffigna moved to Chile in 1968 after playing for Defensor Sporting in his homeland.[2] He helped Unión San Felipe win the 1971 Primera División title and after a spell with Antofagasta, he moved to Mexico to play for C.F. Pachuca.[3]
Graffigna played two seasons in the NASL for the Los Angeles Aztecs and won the championship in 1974.[4] He next moved to the Netherlands where he joined Eerste Divisie club PEC Zwolle. Graffigna spent three seasons with PEC,[5] and had a goal disallowed as the club lost the 1976–77 KNVB Cup final to FC Twente.[6] In 1978 he clinched promotion to Holland's top level after winning the Eerste Divisie league title.[7] He left for Chile in 1979 after his father died there and to be close to his mother.[8]
Personal life
He naturalized Chilean in 2015, keeping the Uruguayan nationality.[9]
In 1968, he came to Chile to join Unión La Calera where his older brother, Pedro Graffigna,[10] played since 1966.[9]
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