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Alcides Ghiggia
Ghiggia with A.S. Roma in the mid-1950s |
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Full name |
Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra |
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Date of birth |
(1926-12-22)22 December 1926 |
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Place of birth |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Date of death |
16 July 2015(2015-07-16) (aged 88) |
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Place of death |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Height |
1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
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Position(s) |
Winger |
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Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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1945–1948 |
Sud América |
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|
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1948–1953 |
Peñarol |
169 |
(26) |
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1953–1961 |
Roma |
201 |
(19) |
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1961–1962 |
Milan |
4 |
(0) |
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1962–1967 |
Danubio |
128 |
(12) |
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Total |
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502 |
(57) |
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1950–1952 |
Uruguay |
12 |
(4) |
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1957–1959 |
Italy |
5 |
(1) |
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1980 |
Peñarol |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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 died on 16 July 2015 at his home in Las Piedras, Uruguay from a heart attack at the age of 88.[1]
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Club statistics |
League |
Season | Club | League |
Apps | Goals |
Italy | League |
1953–54 |
Roma |
Serie A |
34 |
4
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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
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1961–62 |
Milan |
Serie A |
4 |
0
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Country |
Italy
|
205 |
19
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Total
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205 |
19
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[3]
- Peñarol
- Roma
- Milan