Juan Alberto Schiaffino

Juan Alberto Schiaffino

Juan Alberto Schiaffino and Gianni Rivera (1960)
Personal information
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]
Playing position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1954 Peñarol 227 (88)
1954–1960 Milan 149 (47)
1960–1962 Roma 39 (3)
National team
1946–1954 Uruguay 21 (8)
1954–1958 Italy 4 (0)
Teams managed
1974–1975 Uruguay
1975–1976 Peñarol

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Schiaffino and the second or maternal family name is Villano.

Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villano (Italian pronunciation: [skjafˈfiːno]; 28 July 1925 – 13 November 2002)[2] was an Italian-Uruguayan football player. He played as an inside forward, in particular with CA Peñarol and A.C. Milan, or as an attacking midfielder, and won the 1950 FIFA World Cup with the Uruguayan national team. Schiaffino was renowned for his creative ability as a proficient playmaker and assist provider; he was best known for his excellent technical ability, passing range, and vision.[1][3][4]

He was ranked as the best Uruguayan footballer of all time by an IFFHS poll.[5]

Club career

Following his eight successful years in Peñarol in his native Uruguayan league, Schiaffino was purchased by Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan, for an at the time world record fee of 52 million Lire, in September 1954.[4] He played 171 games with A.C. Milan and scored 60 goals, and participated in the 1958 European Cup Final, which Milan lost to Real Madrid 2–3 (aet). He was among the crucial offensive players in a Milan team that was dominated by foreign stars such as Nils Liedholm and Gunnar Nordahl. Schiaffino won three national championships with Milan, the victories being in 1955, 1957 and 1959.[6] Schiaffino scored a world leading 145 goals for Milan but left in 1960 to join Roma, where he played out his career during two moderately successful seasons, in which Roma finished fifth in the standings.[4]

International career

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, courtesy of his paternal grand-father who was a Ligurian from the province of Genoa.[4]

He obtained 21 caps with the Uruguyan national team, scoring eight goals, and four caps with the Italian national team.

Schiaffino participated actively in Uruguay's victory in the 1950 World Cup, scoring one goal in the final and beating Brazil in its own stadium, in what was called the Maracanazo. He also played in the 1954 World Cup (fourth place).[6]

Death

Schiaffino died on 13 November 2002. His remains are buried at the Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.[7]

Honours

Club

Peñarol
Milan[8]
Roma

International

Uruguay

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Schiaffino Juan Alberto" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Murió ayer el ex futbolista uruguayo, Juan Schiaffino". El Siglo de Torreón. 14 November 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  3. ↑ http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=246965
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Addio geniale Schiaffino". Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "IFFHS' Century Elections".
  6. 1 2 "Schiaffino, legend on two continents". FIFA.com. 15 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Farewell to a big one" (in Spanish). LR21. 15 November 2002.
  8. 1 2 "A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: Juan Alberto Schiaffino". acmilan.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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