Alfredo Di Stéfano
Di Stéfano with Argentina in 1947
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 7 July 2014 (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1949 | River Plate | 66 | (49) |
| 1946 | → Huracán (loan) | 25 | (10) |
| 1949–1953 | Millonarios | 102 | (90) |
| 1953–1964 | Real Madrid | 282 | (216) |
| 1964–1966 | Espanyol | 47 | (11) |
| Total | 522 | (376) | |
| National team | |||
| 1947 | Argentina | 6 | (6) |
| 1949–1952 | Colombia | 4 | (0) |
| 1957–1961 | Spain | 31 | (23) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1967–1968 | Elche | ||
| 1969–1970 | Boca Juniors | ||
| 1970–1974 | Valencia | ||
| 1974 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1975–1976 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 1976–1977 | Castellón | ||
| 1979–1980 | Valencia | ||
| 1981–1982 | River Plate | ||
| 1982–1984 | Real Madrid | ||
| 1985 | Boca Juniors | ||
| 1986–1988 | Valencia | ||
| 1990–1991 | Real Madrid | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfɾeðo ði (e)sˈtefano]; 4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was a footballer and coach, who has been called the best, most complete and influential footballer of all time. He was most associated with Real Madrid and was instrumental in their domination of the European Champions' Cup during the 1950s, a period in which the club won the trophy in five consecutive seasons from 1956. Along with Francisco Gento and José María Zárraga, he was one of only three players to play a part in all five victories, scoring goals in each of the five finals. Di Stéfano played international football mostly for Spain after moving to Madrid, but he also played for Argentina and Colombia.
Di Stéfano, nicknamed "Saeta rubia" ("Blond Arrow"), was a powerful, quick, skillful, and prolific forward, with great stamina, tactical versatility, creativity, and vision, who could also play almost anywhere on the pitch. He is currently the sixth highest scorer in the history of Spain's top division, and Real Madrid's third highest league goalscorer of all time, with 216 goals in 282 league matches between 1953 and 1964. He is Madrid's leading goalscorer in the history of El Clásico.
In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Spain by the Royal Spanish Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. In 2004 he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players (in September 2009, he said Di Stéfano was the best Argentinian player "ever"). He was voted fourth, behind Pelé, Diego Maradona, and Johan Cruyff, in a vote organized by France Football magazine which consulted their former Ballon d'Or winners to elect the Football Player of the Century.
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