Alcides Ghiggia

Alcides Ghiggia

Ghiggia with A.S. Roma in the mid-1950s
Personal information
Full name	Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra
Date of birth	(1926-12-22)22 December 1926
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	16 July 2015(2015-07-16) (aged 88)
Place of death	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1948	Sud América
1948–1953	Peñarol	169	(26)
1953–1961	Roma	201	(19)
1961–1962	Milan	4	(0)
1962–1967	Danubio	128	(12)
Total		502	(57)
International career
1950–1952	Uruguay	12	(4)
1957–1959	Italy	5	(1)
Managerial career
1980	Peñarol
Medal record Representing  Uruguay FIFA World Cup Winner 1950 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alcides Ghiggia (22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015) was a former Uruguayan-Italian football player. He has played for Uruguay national team and Italy national team.

Ghiggia died on 16 July 2015 at his home in Las Piedras, Uruguay from a heart attack at the age of 88.^[1]

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