SOCCER PLAYER

Juan Alberto Schiaffino

1925 - 2002

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Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villalba (Italian pronunciation: [skjafˈfiːno]; 28 July 1925 – 13 November 2002) was a Uruguayan football player who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. A highly skilful and creative playmaker, at club level, he played for Peñarol in Uruguay, and for AC Milan, and Roma in Italy. At international level, he won the 1950 FIFA World Cup with the Uruguay national team, and also took part at the 1954 FIFA World Cup; he later also represented the Italy national football team. He was ranked as the best Uruguayan footballer of all time by an IFFHS poll, and the 17th greatest player of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Alberto Schiaffino is the 142nd most popular soccer player, the 7th most popular biography from Uruguay and the 3rd most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

Juan Alberto Schiaffino is most famous for being a Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker for the Uruguay national team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 142 out of 21,273. Before him are Allan Simonsen, Sergio Ramos, Carlos Valderrama, Robert Lewandowski, Harald Schumacher, and Sandro Mazzola. After him are Xavi, Xabi Alonso, José Leandro Andrade, Ruud Krol, Arie Haan, and Kakuichi Mimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 53. Before him are Ieng Sary, Andrea Camilleri, Luciano Berio, Wong Fei-hung, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, and Robert Venturi. After him are Roy J. Glauber, Rod Steiger, Barbara Bush, Milton Obote, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Bülent Ecevit. Among people deceased in 2002, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 31. Before him are Alexander Prokhorov, Camilo José Cela, Nándor Hidegkuti, Archer Martin, Robert Nozick, and Jonas Savimbi. After him are Rod Steiger, James Tobin, George Porter, John Gotti, Pim Fortuyn, and Hildegard Knef.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 7 out of 444. Before him are José Mujica (1935), Comte de Lautréamont (1846), Tabaré Vázquez (1940), Eduardo Galeano (1940), José Nasazzi (1901), and Alcides Ghiggia (1926). After him are Nando Parrado (1949), José Leandro Andrade (1901), Héctor Scarone (1898), Luis Suárez (1987), Héctor Castro (1904), and Óscar Tabárez (1947).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 3. Before him are José Nasazzi (1901), and Alcides Ghiggia (1926). After him are José Leandro Andrade (1901), Héctor Scarone (1898), Luis Suárez (1987), Héctor Castro (1904), Enzo Francescoli (1961), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), José Santamaría (1929), and Pedro Rocha (1942).

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