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José Altafini

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Also known as José João Altafini, Mazzola

Brazilian-Italian footballer

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José Altafini, who used the pseudonym "Mazzola," began his work period in 1954. He is an author with one recorded work, titled *Cómo se juega bien al fútbol*. In a different context, he is also listed as a musical group.

His physical attributes are recorded as a height of 176 and a mass of 77. Career statistics indicate he played four matches and scored one total goal. His date of birth is listed as both 1938-07-24 and 1938-01-01.

Additional records show a work count of five from Crossref and ten listeners with a playcount of 28 on Last.fm. The subject is referenced by 432 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Cómo se juega bien al fútbol

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
10
Total plays
28

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jos%C3%A9+Altafini">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · José Altafini

Key facts

1976
Toronto Italia
Full name
José João Altafini
Date of birth
( 1938-07-24 ) 24 July 1938 (age 87)
Place of birth
Piracicaba , Brazil
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position
Striker
Years
Team
1956 1958
Palmeiras
1958 1965
AC Milan
1965 1972
Napoli
1972 1976
Juventus
1976 1979
Chiasso
1979 1980
Mendrisiostar
1957 1958
Brazil
1961 1962
Italy

via Wikipedia infobox

~17 min read

Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

José João Altafini ( Italian: [altaˈfiːni]; born 24 July 1938), also known as "Mazzola" in Brazil, is an Italian-Brazilian former footballer, who played as a forward. Although, he began his career with Palmeiras in Brazil, he soon moved to play football in Italy, and is mostly remembered for his highly successful stint with Italian club AC Milan, with which he achieved a great domestic and international success; he later played for Napoli and Juventus, before ending his career in Switzerland with spells at Chiasso and Mendrisiostar. A highly prolific goalscorer, Altafini also held the record for the most goals scored in a single European Cup campaign for over 50 years; he is also one of only eight players to have scored five goals in a single European Cup match. He is the joint-fourth highest scorer in Italian Serie A history (along with Giuseppe Meazza) with 216 goals, and also holds the record for being the fifth-youngest player in Serie A history to score 100 goals, a feat which he managed at the age of 24 years and 239 days. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, and as one of Serie A's and Milan's greatest-ever players, Altafini had an eye for goal and was quick, skilful and powerful.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “José Altafini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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