Alcides Ghiggia

Alcides Ghiggia was a Uruguayan footballer (22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015). Ghiggia played as a winger for Roma and Peñarol. Ghiggia scored 62 goals in 519 league and international games and won 5 trophies, including the World Cup and 3 league titles.

Ghiggia's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, league games50257
Uruguay175
Total51962

Goals per game: 0.12.

Ghiggia's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 5
  • League titles: 3
  • Other international club trophies: 1
  • World Cup: 1
  • Trophies with Uruguay: 1
  • Individual awards: 4

Peñarol

  • Primera División: 2 (1949, 1951)

Roma

  • Fairs Cup: 1 (1960–61)

AC Milan

  • Serie A: 1 (1961–62)

International

  • FIFA World Cup: 1 (1950)

Individual

  • FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1 (1950)
  • Golden Foot: 1 (2006)
  • A.S. Roma Hall of Fame: 1 (2014)
  • IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team (Team B): 1

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1945–1947: Sud América
  2. 1948–1953: Peñarol, 169 games, 26 goals
  3. 1954–1961: Roma, 201 games, 19 goals
  4. 1961–1962: AC Milan, 4 games, 0 goals
  5. 1963–1967: Danubio, 128 games, 12 goals

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