SOCCER PLAYER

Juan Alberto Schiaffino

1925 - 2002

Photo of Juan Alberto Schiaffino

Icon of person Juan Alberto Schiaffino

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 162nd most popular soccer player (down from 142nd in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 7th in 2019) and the 5th 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.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Juan Alberto Schiaffino by language

Loading...

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 162 out of 21,273. Before him are Alessandro Del Piero, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Oldřich Nejedlý, Hernán Crespo, Zoltán Czibor, and Luigi Riva. After him are Héctor Scarone, Vahid Halilhodžić, John Barnes, Dennis Bergkamp, Kunishige Kamamoto, and Yasuo Takamori.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 60. Before him are Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Maya Plisetskaya, Bülent Ecevit, Sam Peckinpah, Paul Mauriat, and Milton Obote. After him are Ieng Sary, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bill Gates Sr., Andrea Camilleri, Robert Venturi, and Oliver Smithies. Among people deceased in 2002, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 36. Before him are Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ruth Handler, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Geraldine of Albania, Choi Hong Hi, and Robert Nozick. After him are James Tobin, Jonas Savimbi, Zizinho, William Luther Pierce, Abu Nidal, and Xi Zhongxun.

Others Born in 1925

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2002

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 9 out of 444. Before him are Comte de Lautréamont (1846), José Leandro Andrade (1901), Luis Suárez (1987), Eduardo Galeano (1940), Alcides Ghiggia (1926), and José Nasazzi (1901). After him are Héctor Scarone (1898), Óscar Tabárez (1947), José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), and Diego Forlán (1979).

Others born in Uruguay

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Juan Alberto Schiaffino ranks 5. Before him are José Leandro Andrade (1901), Luis Suárez (1987), Alcides Ghiggia (1926), and José Nasazzi (1901). After him are Héctor Scarone (1898), Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), Enzo Francescoli (1961), Pedro Petrone (1905), and Obdulio Varela (1917).

Uruguayan born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous