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Alcides Ghiggia
Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra 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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sports · Uruguayan footballer (1926-2015) · association football player · association football coach · also Alcides Ghiggia, Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia, Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra, Ghiggia
Born 22 December 1926 · Died 16 July 2015 · Q352611
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2026· 1 entry
2015· 1 entry
Died 2015-07-16.
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2014· 1 entry
Won award: A.S. Roma Hall of Fame (2014).
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2006· 1 entry
Won award: Golden Foot (2006).
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1962· 2 entries
Won: Serie A with AC Milan (1961–62).
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Played for Danubio F.C. (1962–1967) — 128 appearances, 12 goals.
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1961· 2 entries
Won: Fairs Cup with Roma (1960–61).
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Played for AC Milan (1961–1962) — 4 appearances, 0 goals.
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1957· 1 entry
Played for Italy men's national association football team (1957–1959) — 5 appearances, 1 goals.
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1953· 1 entry
Played for AS Roma (1953–1961) — 201 appearances, 19 goals.
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1951· 1 entry
Won: Primera División with Peñarol (1951).
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1950· 4 entries
Won award: FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (1950).
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Won: FIFA World Cup (1950).
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Played for Uruguay men's national football team (1950–1952) — 12 appearances, 4 goals.
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Ghiggia, then playing for Uruguay, scored the winning goal against Brazil in the final match of that year's World Cup, advancing down the right wing and taking a low shot which slid right in the space between Brazilian g
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1949· 1 entry
Won: Primera División with Peñarol (1949).
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1948· 1 entry
Played for Club Atlético Peñarol (1948–1953) — 169 appearances, 26 goals.
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1946· 1 entry
Played for C.A. Progreso (1946–1947).
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1945· 1 entry
Played for Sud América (1945–1948).
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1926· 1 entry
Born 1926-12-22.
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