THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER!!!! ALFREDO DI STEFANO - FACTFILE Full Name: Alfredo Di Stéfano Nickname: La Saeta Rubia (The Blond arrow) Born: 4th of June, 1945, Buenos Aires, Argentina (also has Spanish nationality since 1956) Position: Forward, Midfield First game: July 15, 1945, Huracán 2 - 1 River Plate CLUBS - AS A PLAYER: 1944-1949: River Plate (Argentina) 1945-1946: Huracán (Argentina) 1949-1953: Millonarios de Bogotá (Colombia) 1953-1964: Real Madrid 1964-1967: Espanyol CLUBS - AS A COACH: 1967-1968: Elche 1969-1970: Boca Juniors (Argentina) 1970-1973: Valencia 1974-1975: Sporting de Lisboa 1976-1977: Rayo Vallecano 1977-1978: Castellón 1979-1980: Valencia 1981-1982: River Plate (Argentina) 1982-1983: Real Madrid 1986-1988: Valencia 1990-1991: Real Madrid AWARDS AS A PLAYER: 1 Copa America (47, Argentina) 1 World Club Cup (60) 5 European Cup Final (56,57,58,59,60) 8 Spanish League Titles (54,55,57,58,61,62,63,64) 1 Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey (62) 5 Spanish Super Cup: (54, 56, 57, 58, 59) 1 Copa Libertadores (47, River Plate) 1 Argentinian League title (47 River Plate) 1 Argentinian Cup title (47 River Plate) 4 Colombian League Titles (49, 51, 52, 53, Millonarios) 2 Colombian Cup Titles (51, 52) 2 European Footballer of the Year (57,59) 5 Pichichi Award (leading scorer in Spain) (54,56,57,58,59) 2 Latin Cup (55,57) 1 "little" world club cup 3 Trofeos Carranza 1 Trofeo Benito Villamarin 5 Spanish Player of the Year: (57, 59, 60, 62, 64) AWARDS AS A COACH: 1 Cup Winners cup (80, Valencia) 1 Uefa Cup (Real Madrid 1985) 1 European Super Cup (81, Valencia) 1 Spanish League title(71, Valencia) 2 Argentine League title (Boca Juniors 1969, River Plate 1981) 1 Supercopa Espanola (90, Real Madrid) CAREER GOALS: Huracan: 25 games - 10 goals River Plate: 66 games - 49 goals Millonarios: 292 games - 267 goals Real Madrid: 684 games - 454 goals Espanyol: 21 games - 9 goals TOTAL: 1090 games - 789 goals Argentina: 29 games - 7 goals Colombia: 4 games - 0 goals Spain: 31 games - 23 goals TOTAL: 1154 games - 819 goals Games/Goals for club(s):
OTHER AWARDS, RECORDS AND HONOURS: 22.12.2000: Voted second best player of the Century, behind Pele with Maradona in third. 01.10.2000: Alfredo Di Stéfano recives Casino de Oro, the award recognises distinguished people that somehow have contributed something to the city of Madrid in form of sports, culture, science or anything that is worth mentioning. 04.02.2000: Alfredo Di Stefano have along side Ladislao Kubala (Real tried to sign Kubala, but lost out to Barcelona in the 50s) been awarded the Gran Cruz of the Royal Order of Merit. * Was captain for the rest of the world team in a match to celebrate the aniversary of the English football federation's centenary celebration in 1963. * Put into the FIFA Hall of Fame with 10 other players in 1998. * Alfredo was the first player to be named European Footballer of the Year twice, in 1957 and 1959. * Alfredo is Real’s record goalscorer with 418 goals in 510 games. And his overall total in the Spanish league of 228 goals is third behind Zarra and Hugo Sanchez. * Played 31 times for Spain's national side, also played 4 times for Colombia. Played 7-8 matches for his birthnation Argentina. * Year 2000 he becomes Vice-President of Real Madrid, his first duty is to welcome world record signing Luis Figo. Picture 1 |
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