Juan Alberto Schiaffino

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Juan Alberto Schiaffino
Personal information
Date of birth	July 28, 1925
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	November 13, 2002
Nickname	Pepe
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1943-1954 1954-1960 1960-1962	C.A. Peñarol A.C. Milan A.S. Roma
National team
1946-1954 1954-1958	Uruguay Italy	21 (8) 4 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino (born July 28, 1925 in Montevideo – died November 13, 2002) was an Uruguayan football (soccer) player with Italian passport. He played forward, in particular with C.A. Peñarol and A.C. Milan, and won the Football World Cup 1950 with the Uruguayan national team.

Contents 1 Clubs 2 National teams 3 Honours 4 World Cup 2006 5 External link

[edit] Clubs

Schiaffino started to play in Italian Serie A in September 1954. He played 149 games with A.C. Milan and scored 47 goals, and participated in the UEFA Champions League in 1958, which Milan lost to Real Madrid.

[edit] National teams

Schiaffino played for two national teams; first with the Uruguyan national team from 1946 to 1954, and later with Italian national team from 1954 to 1958.

He had 21 caps with the Uruguyan national team (8 goals) and 4 caps with the with Italian national team.

Schiaffino participated actively in the victory of Uruguay during the World Cup 1950, scoring one goal during the final and beating Brazil in its own stadium, in what was called the Maracanazo. He played also during the World Cup 1954 (fourth place).

[edit] Honours

• UEFA Cup in 1961 with A.S. Roma
• Primera División Uruguaya (Uruguyan championship) in 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1954 with C.A. Peñarol
• Champion Italian Serie A in 1955, 1957 and 1959 with A.C. Milan
• Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) in 1956 with A.C. Milan

• Best striker of Primera División Uruguaya (Uruguyan championship) in 1945.

[edit] World Cup 2006

It was reported on ESPN's World Cup Live premier show that Schiaffino would be attending the opening ceremony of World Cup 2006 to be held on Friday June 9. The organizing committee obviously mispoke as Schiaffino died four years prior.

[edit] External link

• Juan Alberto Schiaffino on RSSSF-site