Juan Alberto Schiaffino
Uruguayan association football player (1925-2002) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villano (Italian pronunciation: [skjafˈfiːno]; 28 July 1925 – 13 November 2002)[2] was an Italian-Uruguayan football player who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. A highly skilful and creative playmaker, at club level, he played for CA Peñarol in Uruguay, and for A.C. Milan, and Roma in Italy. At international level, he won the 1950 FIFA World Cup with the Uruguay national team, and also took part at the 1954 FIFA World Cup; he later also represented the Italy national football team. He was ranked as the best Uruguayan footballer of all time by an IFFHS poll, and the 17th greatest player of the twentieth century.[3] Slender and physically thin, he was a complete and versatile midfielder. In possession of an extraordinary talent and technique, he had the habit of scoring thanks to a precise shot but not too powerful. An inside left very skilled in finishing, with excellent game vision, able to read the development of the game in advance. Gianni Brera always defined it as an incomparable interior, while Cesare Maldini, his former teammate, said: he had a radar instead of a brain. Often regarded as one of the greatest Uruguayan footballers of all time.
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Full name | Juan Alberto Schiaffino Villano | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1925-07-28)28 July 1925 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 November 2002(2002-11-13) (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) | ||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
1946–1954 | Uruguay | 21 | (9) | |||||||||||
1954–1958 | Italy | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Uruguay | |||||||||||||
1975–1976 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |