Pedro Petrone

Pedro Petrone in 1931

Pedro Petrone (born June 11, 1905 in Montevideo , † December 13, 1964 ibid) was a Uruguayan football player , he played on the position of a striker . He was one of the most successful and accurate strikers of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Born in Barrio La Comercial , Pedro Petrone began his career at Solferino Montevideo at the age of 16 . There he initially acted as a goalkeeper. However, due to his enormous shooting power, he soon moved to the position of the striker on the field. He then moved to the Charley Club , where he made a decisive contribution to staying in class with his goals in 1923. He made his debut in the match against Lito at Parque Central , which his team won 4-0 thanks to four Petrone goals. In 1924 he moved to Nacional Montevideo after the Olympic Games that year , where he stayed until 1931. Petrone, who was able to run the 100 meters in eleven seconds , competed with the Bolsos , 1925 won the championship of 1924. He then took part in the major European tour with Nacional, where he was not only the most successful goalscorer, but also an outstanding player, up to a meniscus injury on his left knee with 15 hits in the game against Barcelona. After undergoing knee surgery in his home country and then returning to the football stage, he stayed with the Bolsos on the second major tour in 1927 through the USA, Cuba and Central America with the team. During his time at Nacional he was nicknamed '' L'artillero ''. He then went to Peñarol temporarily for six months , but was not eligible to play in competitive games until 1932 due to the existing regulations. Nevertheless, five games for the Aurinegros are recorded for him , in which he scored a total of seven goals, including the encounter against Defensor on July 11, 1931 and two international games against the Hungarian teams UjPest and Ferencvaros. However, there was no subsequent official engagement, as the Petrone called Perucho , following an offer from Fiorentina , climbed the Duilio on July 22, 1931 with the destination Italy. At Fiorentina he was the first '' real '' foreigner in the viola jersey. The Florentines paid 30,000 lire to Nacional to sign Petrone, who subsequently earned 2,000 lire a month. The now 26-year-old Petrone had lost his speed, but was still convincing due to his strong shot and his game intelligence. In his first season he scored 25 goals in 27 games and won the top scorer's crown in Serie A together with Angelo Schiavio from FC Bologna . He was the first Uruguayan to do so in Italy's top division. In the meantime he was subsequently called Pietro because of the fascist norms that forbade foreign names. In his second season in Florence, coach Hermann Felsner no longer let Petrone play as a center forward as usual, but rather set back as a right winger. This created major disagreements between the player and his coach. The club management strengthened the position of the coach and punished Petrone with a fine of 2,000 lire, which led to Petrone fleeing Florence for Uruguay on the night of March 24, 1933 . Arrived in Uruguay, Petrone completed another season for Nacional, scoring 30 goals in 1930 and winning the national championship one more time, before ending his highly successful career in early 1934 at the age of only 28. In total, he completed 128 games for the Bolsos , in which he scored 146 goals.

Others

• At the beginning of his career, Petrone played in the position of goalkeeper at Solforino Montevideo before replacing an injured striker and being so convincing that he never came back on goal.
• During a training session in Florence, Petrone kicked the ball so hard that it broke the safety net and smashed a window in a nearby villa.
• In 1932 Petrone scored eleven goals during a friendly game for the Fiorentina.
• Despite his hasty farewell, Petrone kept his time in Florence in good memory, so that he named his racing horse stable in Montevideo after the Florentine team Fiorentina.

Club stations

• Solforino Montevideo
• Charley Club
• Nacional Montevideo Primera División 1924–31 and 1933–34, 128 games - 146 goals
• Fiorentina Serie A 1931/32 , 27 games - 25 goals
• Fiorentina Serie A 1932/33 , 17 games - 12 goals

statistics

• Serie A 44 games - 37 goals
• Primera División 128 games - 146 goals
• Total: 172 games - 183 goals

National team

Due to his outstanding performance in the Nacional Montevideo jersey, Petrone made it into the national team of Uruguay. Here he was able to seamlessly build on his achievements in the club, and at the Olympic football tournaments in 1924 and 1928 , in which the Uruguayans won the gold medal, he was one of the top performers on his team. In 1924 he was the top scorer of the Olympic tournament with seven goals scored. He also secured this title at the South American Championships in 1923 and 1924. In 1927 he also took part in the South American Championships. In 1930 Petrone was a member of the Uruguayan team, which won the first football World Cup in their own country. From his debut on November 4, 1923 to his last appearance on July 18, 1930, he completed 29 international matches in which he scored 24 goals, according to the RSSSF . The Internet portal daily newspaper La República , however, listed only 28 international matches for him in the period from 1923 to 1930 with the same number of hits.

successes

• Winner of the Football World Cup with Uruguay in 1930.
• Winner of the Olympic football tournament with Uruguay in 1924 and 1928.
• Winner of the South American Championship with Uruguay in 1923 and 1924
• Copa Lipton winners with Uruguay in 1924, 1927 and 1929
• Copa Newton winners with Uruguay in 1929 and 1930
• Uruguayan champion with Nacional Montevideo in 1924 and 1933
• Top scorer at the 1924 Olympics with 7 goals
• Top scorer of the Copa America 1923 (3 goals), 1924 (4 goals), 1927 (3 goals)
• Top scorer in the Italian Serie A in the 1931/32 season with 25 goals.
• Uruguayan Primera División top scorer (four times)

Web links

• Pedro Petrone in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

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1. ↑ There are various details on the day of death [1] - ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. [2] , but in common is the year 1964, which also includes Encarta  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. is specified. His former club Nacional, however, indicates December 13, 1964.   
2. ↑ Luciano Álvarez: Historia de Peñarol , 3rd edition 2010, pp. 190f
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Profile on www.playerhistory.com ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 22, 2013
4. ↑ Pedro Petrone (Spanish) at www.nacional.com.uy, accessed on May 23, 2013
5. ↑ Ídolos - Pedro Petrone ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.nacionaldigital.com, accessed May 23, 2013 
6. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on December 16, 2012
7. ↑ Luis Suárez: el terror de los arqueros hace temblar el récord de Forlán (Spanish) in La República of November 13, 2011, accessed on January 5, 2012