Peregrino Anselmo
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Key facts
- 1962
- Peñarol
- Full name
- Juan Peregrino Anselmo
- Date of birth
- ( 1902-04-30 ) 30 April 1902
- Place of birth
- Montevideo , Uruguay
- Date of death
- 27 October 1975 (1975-10-27) (aged 73)
- Position
- Striker
- Years
- Team
- 1922 1935
- Peñarol
- 1927 1935
- Uruguay
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uruguay
- Place of birth
- Montevideo
- Place of death
- Montevideo
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 1928 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Centro Atlético Fénix
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Uruguay
- Image
- Juan Anselmo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Juan Peregrino Anselmo
- nickname
- Napoleón
- date of birth
- 1902-04-30
- date of death
- 1975-10-27
- name in native language
- Juan Peregrín Anselmo
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Encyclopedic overview
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Juan Peregrino Anselmo (30 April 1902 – 27 October 1975) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker for Uruguay national team. He was a member of national team which won 1930 FIFA World Cup. He scored three goals in the tournament, including two in the semi-finals. He was the first false 9 in a World Cup. He was part of the squad which won gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, but did not play in any games. He was a player and later coach of C.A. Peñarol. As coach, succeeding mid-1962 the Hungarian Béla Guttmann in office, he led the club to the Uruguayan championship of the same year. In the later part of 1963 the Uruguayan goalkeeper Roque Máspoli succeeded him.
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