Juan Schiaffino

Juan Schiaffino
Schiaffino (left) and Gianni Rivera in 1960.
Personnel
Surname	Juan Alberto Schiaffino Villano
birthday	July 28, 1925
place of birth	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
date of death	November 13, 2002
Place of death	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
size	185 cm
position	Midfield / storm
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1943-1954	Peñarol Montevideo	227 (88)
1954-1960	AC Milan	171 (60)
1960–1962	AS Roma	39 0(3)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1946-1954	Uruguay	21 (10)
1954-1958	Italy	4 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1974/75	Uruguay
1976	Peñarol
1 Only league games are given.

Juan Alberto Schiaffino Villano (born July 28, 1925 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † November 13, 2002 ibid) was a Uruguayan- Italian football player .

Player career

The son of Italian immigrants began playing football at a very early age and played for series champion Peñarol Montevideo at the age of 18 (from 1943) . There the dribble artist quickly developed into a regular player and made his debut on January 9, 1946 for Uruguay in the game of the Copa Rio Branco against Brazil, which was canceled after 78 minutes when the score was 1: 1 . With his club he won the Uruguayan football championship in 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1954 and dominated the national league at will with the big local rivals Nacional Montevideo .

The high point of his international career was undoubtedly the 1950 World Cup in Brazil . Schiaffino was next to his teammates from Penarol Alcides Ghiggia and Míguez the best player in Uruguay at this World Cup. The trio led the team to the decisive game against Brazil . The Brazilians took the lead, but Schiaffino equalized in the 66th minute and Ghiggia scored the 2-1 winner in the 79th minute. With this historic victory of Uruguay in the famous Maracanã Stadium , Uruguay were football world champions for the second time.

Four years later, at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland , Schiaffino and Uruguay made it to the semi-finals against Hungary . After a 2-0 deficit, his team fought for a 2-2 win, but then lost the game 2-4. In the game for third place on July 3, 1954 , Uruguay lost to Austria 3-1. This was also the last of his 21 international appearances in the Celeste, in which he scored a total of ten goals. In addition, there are two other national team appearances against Argentina (December 29, 1945 and December 5, 1948), which, however, are not counted as full international matches.

After this World Cup, Schiaffino moved to Europe for the then transfer world record of 72,000 pounds sterling and joined the top Italian team AC Milan . There he played together with Cesare Maldini , Nils Liedholm and goal scorer Gunnar Nordahl . He made his debut in a Serie A game against US Triestina in September 1954 and promptly scored two goals. Schiaffino acted in midfield in Italy as a playmaker and distributor of the ball, but remained a dangerous goal. He was also successful in Europe and won the Scudetto with the Rossoneri in 1955, 1957 and 1959 and the Coppa Italia in 1956 . In 1958, AC Milan was the only European team to bring Real Madrid to the brink of defeat in a European Cup final . Milan lost the final in Brussels 2-3 after extra time.

From 1954 to 1958 he played for the Italian national soccer team , but only came to four missions for his parents' home country.

At the age of 35, he left Milan in 1960 and joined AS Roma , where he played as a libero until 1962. Here he also met his old club mate Alcides Ghiggia and both won the Exhibition City Cup in 1961 with the Roma .

Coaching career

In 1974/75 he briefly coached the Uruguayan national team. At the beginning of the 1976 season, he took over the coaching position at Peñarol and was in charge of a junior concept that included youth teams and a football school. After the 2-2 draw in the Primera División on July 3, 1976 against Club Atlético Cerro , he was replaced by Roque Máspoli .

Web links

• Juan Alberto Schiaffino in the database of weltfussball.de
• Schiaffino's detailed statistics at RSSSF.com (English)
• Biography (spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com, accessed on December 15, 2012
2. ^ Juan Alberto Schiaffino - International Appearances at www.rsssf.com, accessed December 15, 2012
3. ↑ Luciano Álvarez : Historia de Peñarol , 3rd edition 2010, 559
4. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez: Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, "Directores Técnicos", Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo 2011, p. 140 - ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
5. ↑ Luciano Álvarez : Historia de Peñarol , 3rd edition 2010, 560
6. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez: Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, "Directores Técnicos", Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo 2011, p. 192f - ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8