Alcides Ghiggia

Also known as Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia, Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra

Uruguayan footballer (1926-2015)

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Lifespan: 1926–2015
Nationality: UY, IT
Role / Field: Soccer players
Language: spa
Gender: Male

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Key facts

1980: Peñarol
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: Winger
Years: Team
1945 1947: Sud América
1948 1953: Peñarol
1954 1961: Roma
1961 1962: AC Milan
1963 1967: Danubio
1950 1952: Uruguay
1957 1959: Italy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth: Montevideo
Place of death: Las Piedras
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: Italian
Participant in: 1950 FIFA World Cup
Sport: association football
Member of team: C.A. Progreso
Country for sport: Italy
Mass: 62
Image: AS Roma - Alcides Ghiggia.jpg
Height: 169

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date of birth: 1926-11-22
date of death: 2015-07-16
Commons category: Alcides Ghiggia
cause of death: myocardial infarction
manner of death: natural causes
start of work period: 1945-00-00
place of burial: Cementerio del Buceo
end of work period: 1968-00-00

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Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra (22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015) was a Uruguayan and Italian footballer who played as a right winger. He achieved lasting fame for his decisive role in the final match of the 1950 World Cup, and at the time of his death exactly 65 years later, he was also the last surviving player of Uruguay's 1950 World Cup squad.

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