Juan Alberto Schiaffino
Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villano (Italian pronunciation: [skjafˈfiːno]; 28 July 1925 – 13 November 2002) was an Uruguayan-Italian football player who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. A highly skilful and creative playmaker, at club level, he played for Peñarol in Uruguay, and for AC 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.
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Schiaffino with Milan in 1960 | ||||||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
He was ranked as the best Uruguayan footballer of all time by an IFFHS poll, and the 17th greatest player of the twentieth century.
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