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Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguay footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Alcides Ghiggia
Alcides Ghiggia
Uruguay
22 December 1926
winger
Alcides Ghiggia 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 the Uruguay squad at the 1950 World Cup.

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📋 Profile & Career

: 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)
1945–1947: Sud América
1948–1953: Peñarol 169 (26)
1954–1961: Roma 201 (19)
1961–1962: Milan 4 (0)
1963–1967: Danubio 128 (12)
Total: 502 (57)
⚽ International career:
1950–1952: Uruguay 12 (4)
1957–1959: Italy 5 (1)
⚽ Managerial career:
1980: Peñarol

📼 Match Highlights Videos

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Channel Image 1950 WORLD CUP FINAL MATCH: Uruguay 2-1 Brazil
7 years ago • 749.59K views
Estimated Revenue • $2,099

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Channel Image 1950 Alcides Ghiggia Uruguay Sweden
3 years ago • 508 views
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4:27
Channel Image Ghiggia: "Brazil is like a second home"
11 years ago • 26.95K views
Estimated Revenue • $75

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Channel Image Yo hice un gol en una final de la Copa del Mundo Alcides Ghiggia.flv
15 years ago • 216.8K views
Estimated Revenue • $607

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Channel Image Alcides Ghiggia 1950 WC Goal | A History Of The World Cup
8 years ago • 23.22K views
Estimated Revenue • $65

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Channel Image Alcides Ghiggia (1926 - 2015)
10 years ago • 714 views
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Channel Image GOLES QUE CAMBIARON LA HISTORIA - GHIGGIA Y MARACANAZO
2 years ago • 41.01K views
Estimated Revenue • $115

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Channel Image Top 15 International Football Goalscorers | 1950 - 2025
3 months ago • 309.75K views
Estimated Revenue • $867

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Channel Image Argentina 🇦🇷 World Cup 1978 Squad ⚽ Then and Now | Football Legends
9 days ago • 18.36K views
Estimated Revenue • $51

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14:38
Channel Image Ghiggia Fiebre Maldini
11 years ago • 60.08K views
Estimated Revenue • $168

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Channel Image Imagenes de Maracaná y el gol de Ghiggia en el relato de Carlos Solé
14 years ago • 69.42K views
Estimated Revenue • $194

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Channel Image ALCIDES GHIGGIA, GRANDE ALA DELLA AS ROMA
16 years ago • 11.32K views
Estimated Revenue • $32

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📰 Google News (RSS)

How Uruguay won the 1950 World Cup: A truncated group stage, Ghiggia’s illogical finish, and an epochal clash with Brazil - The Athletic - The New York Times

Uruguay 'Maracanazo' football hero Alcides Ghiggia dies - BBC

  • ✐ BBC
  • Fri, 17 Jul 2015 07:00:00 GMT

Alcides Ghiggia: the life and times of Uruguay’s 1950 World Cup hero - These Football Times

The Maracanazo Turns 75: The World Cup Final That Shook Brazil - beIN SPORTS

On This Day: Alcides Ghiggia was born - AS Roma

  • ✐ AS Roma
  • Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:00:00 GMT

Alcides Ghiggia obituary - The Guardian

Uruguayan soccer great Alcides Ghiggia dies at 88 - FOX Sports

Remembering Uruguay legend Alcides Ghiggia - World Soccer

79 – Alcides Ghiggia: Uruguay v Brazil 1950 – 90 World Cup Minutes In 90 Days - World Football Index

Uruguayan legend, Alcides Ghiggia, dies aged 88 - Euronews.com

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