Alcides Ghiggia
Uruguayan footballer (1926-2015)
Alcides Ghiggia (22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015) was a former Uruguayan-Italian football player. He has played for Uruguay national team and Italy national team.
 Ghiggia with A.S. Roma in the mid-1950s | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1926 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 July 2015 (aged 88) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1945–1948 | Sud América | |||||||||||||
| 1948–1953 | Peñarol | 169 | (26) | |||||||||||
| 1953–1961 | Roma | 201 | (19) | |||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Milan | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1962–1967 | Danubio | 128 | (12) | |||||||||||
| Total | 502 | (57) | ||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1952 | Uruguay | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 1957–1959 | Italy | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||
Ghiggia died on 16 July 2015 at his home in Las Piedras, Uruguay from a heart attack at the age of 88.[1]
Club career statistics
change| Club statistics | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Italy | League | |||
| 1953–54 | Roma | Serie A | 34 | 4 |
| 1954–55 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 1955–56 | 28 | 4 | ||
| 1956–57 | 27 | 4 | ||
| 1957–58 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 1958–59 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 1959–60 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 1960–61 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 1961–62 | Milan | Serie A | 4 | 0 |
| Country | Italy | 205 | 19 | |
| Total | 205 | 19 | ||
International career statistics
change| Uruguay national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1950 | 7 | 4 |
| 1951 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 4 |
| Italy national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1957 | 3 | 1 |
| 1958 | 1 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 1 |
Honours
changeClub
change- Peñarol
- Roma
- Milan
International
changeIndividual
change- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1950
- Golden Foot: 2006 (as a legend)[4]
- A.S. Roma Hall of Fame: 2014[5]
- IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team (Team B)[6]
References
change- ↑ "Falleció Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia" (in Spanish). Ovación. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ :: National Football Teams ::.. Player - Alcides Ghiggia
- ↑ Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia - International Appearances
- ↑ "Legends". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame" (in Italian). A.S. Roma. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "IFFHS All-Time Uruguay Men's Dream Team". IFFHS. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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