| Juan Alberto Schiaffino | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Juan Alberto Schiaffino Villano | |
| Date of birth | July 28, 1925 | |
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| Date of death | November 13, 2002 (aged 77) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1943–1954 1954–1960 1960–1962 |
Peñarol Milan Roma |
227 (88) 171 (60) 39 (3) |
| National team | ||
| 1946–1954 1954–1958 |
Uruguay Italy |
21 (8) 4 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1974–1975 1975–1976 |
Uruguay Peñarol |
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Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villano (born 28 July 1925 – 13 November 2002)[1] was an Uruguayan-Italian football (soccer) player. He played forward, in particular with CA Peñarol and AC Milan, and won the FIFA World Cup 1950 with the Uruguayan national team.
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Schiaffino started to play in the Italian Serie A in September 1954. He played 171 games with AC Milan and scored 60 goals, and participated in the 1958 European Cup Final, which Milan lost to Real Madrid 2-3 (aet).
Schiaffino played for two national teams; first with the Uruguyan national team from 1946 to 1954, and later with the Italian national team from 1954 to 1958.
He had 21 caps with the Uruguyan national team (eight goals) and four caps with the Italian national team.
Schiaffino participated actively in Uruguay's victory in the World Cup 1950, scoring one goal in the final and beating Brazil in its own stadium, in what was called the Maracanazo. He also played in the World Cup 1954 (fourth place).
It was reported on ESPN's World Cup Live premier show that Schiaffino would be attending the opening ceremony of 2006 FIFA World Cup to be held on Friday 9 June. The organizing committee obviously misspoke as Schiaffino died four years prior.
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| Preceded by Hans Jeppson |
World football transfer record 1954–1957 |
Succeeded by Omar Sivori |
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