Alfredo Di Stéfano

Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé[2] (Spanish pronunciation: [al

ˈfɾeðo ði esˈtefano]; 4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was an Argentine
Alfredo Di Stéfano
professional footballer and coach of Italian descent. He is regarded
as one of the best footballers of all time, and is best known for his
achievements with Real Madrid, where he was instrumental in the
club's domination of the European Cup and La Liga during the
1950s. 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"),[3][4][5] was

a powerful, quick, skillful, and prolificforward, with great stamina,
tactical versatility, creativity, and vision, who could also play
almost anywhere on the pitch.[6][7][8][9] 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, alongside Cristiano
Ronaldo.[10][11][12] Di Stéfano with Argentina in 1947
Personal information
In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as
Full name Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano
the Golden Player of Spain by the Royal Spanish Football Laulhé[1]
Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[13] Date of birth 4 July 1926
In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
greatest living players (in September 2009, he said Di Stéfano was Date of death 7 July 2014 (aged 88)
the best Argentinian player "ever").[14] He was voted fourth, Place of death Madrid, Spain
behind Pelé, Diego Maradona, and Johan Cruyff, in a vote Height 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in)
organized by France Football magazine which consulted their Playing position Forward
former Ballon d'Or winners to elect the Football Player of the
Senior career*
Century.[15]
Years Team Apps (Gls)
In 2008 Di Stefano was honoured by both UEFA and Real Madrid 1945–1949 River Plate 66 (49)
with a special Presidents award issued by FIFA at a ceremony in 1945–1946 → Huracán (loan) 25 (10)
Madrid, where a statue was also unveiled. Then UEFA President 1949–1953 Millonarios 101 (90)
Michel Platini called Di Stefano "a great amongst the greats" while 1953–1964 Real Madrid 282 (216)
contemporaries Eusébio and Just Fontaine suggested that he was 1964–1966 Espanyol 47 (11)
[16]
"the most complete footballer in the history of the game". Total 521 (376)
National team
1947 Argentina 6 (6)

Contents 1951–1952 Colombia 4 (0)

1957–1962 Spain 31 (23)
Early life Teams managed
Club career
1967–1968 Elche
 International career 1969–1970 Boca Juniors
Kidnapping in Caracas 1970–1974 Valencia
Managerial career 1974 Sporting CP
After retirement
1975–1976 Rayo Vallecano
1976–1977 Castellón
Death
1979–1980 Valencia
Personal life
1981–1982 River Plate
Career statistics
1982–1984 Real Madrid
Club
International
1985 Boca Juniors
International goals 1986–1988 Valencia
For Argentina 1990–1991 Real Madrid
For Spain * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the
domestic league only
Honours
Player
Manager
Records
References
External links

Early life
Born in Barracas, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Di Stéfano was the son of Alfredo Di
Stéfano, a first-generation Italian Argentine (his father Michele emigrated to Argentina from
Nicolosi in the 19th century), and Eulalia Laulhé Gilmont, an Argentine woman of French and
Irish descent with her relatives being fromSwinford, County Mayo.[17][18][19]

He began his career at Argentina's River Plate aged 17, in 1943. For the 1946 season he was
Di Stefano's youth loaned to Club Atlético Huracán, but he returned to River in 1947. Due to a footballers' strike in
membership card at River
Argentina in 1949, Di Stéfano went to play for Millonarios of Bogotá in the Colombian
Plate.
league.[20] He won six league titles during the first 12 years of his career in Argentina and
Colombia.[21][22]

Club career
Di Stéfano was best known for his time atReal Madrid where he was an integral part
of one of the most successful teams of all time. He scored 216 league goals in 262
games for Real (then a club record, since surpassed by Raúl and Cristiano Ronaldo),
striking up a fearsome partnership with Ferenc Puskás. Di Stéfano's 49 goals in 58
matches was for decades the all-time highest tally in the European Cup. It has since
been surpassed by seven players, initially Real Madrid's Raúl in 2005 and most
recently by Karim Benzema in 2016 and Robert Lewandowski in 2018.
Di Stéfano with La Maquina in 1947.
Di Stéfano scored in five consecutive European Cup finals for Real Madrid between
1956 and 1960, including a hat-trick in the last. Perhaps the highlight of his time
with the club was their 7–3 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960 European Cup Final at Hampden Park, a game many
[20]
consider to be the finest exhibition of club football ever witnessed in Europe.

He was awarded the Ballon d'Or for the European Footballer of the Year in 1957 and 1959.[21] He moved to Espanyol in 1964 and
played there until retiring at the age of 40.[22]
International career
Di Stéfano played with three different national teams during his career.[5] He most notably
played six times with the Argentine national team, and 31 times with the Spanish national
team, scoring 23 goals. However, he never played in the World Cup.[5] The player also
played four times for Colombia, during the Dimayor period of Colombian football. The
team at the time was not recognised by FIFA as the league had broken transfer rules in
signing players while still under contract.[23][24][25]

Di Stéfano scored 6 goals in 6 games as Argentina won the 1947 South American
Championship, his only games for the country.[26] The first World Cup in which he would
have been able to participate was the 1950 tournament. As Argentina refused to participate,
Di Stéfano (aged 24) missed his first chance at playing in the World Cup. For the 1954
World Cup, Argentina again did not enter.[27]
Di Stéfano scoring a goal for
Real Madrid where he won 15
Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956 and made his debut for them on 30 January
official titles
1957 in a friendly in Madrid, scoring a hat-trick in a 5–1 win[28] to become one of only a
few players born outside Spain to have appeared for their national team. He played four
World Cup qualifying matches in 1957, but the team failed to qualify for the 1958 World Cup. In 1961, Di Stéfano (36) who had
already won 5 European Cups, helped Spain qualify for the World Cup of 1962. A muscular injury just before the competition
prevented him from playing in the finals.[29] He retired from international football afterwards.

Kidnapping in Caracas
On the night of 24 August 1963, the Venezuelan revolutionary group Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN), kidnapped
Alfredo Di Stéfano at gunpoint from the Potomac Hotel in Caracas while his team, Real Madrid, were on a pre-season tour of South
America.[30] The kidnapping was codenamed "Julián Grimau", after the Spanish communist
Julián Grimau García, executed by firing
squad in Spain in April 1963 duringFrancisco Franco's dictatorship.[30] Di Stefano was released unharmed two days later close to the
Spanish embassy without a ransom being paid, and Di Stefano stressed that his kidnappers had not mistreated him.[30] Di Stefano
[20][30]
played in a match againstSão Paulo the day after he was released and received a standing ovation.

A Spanish movie entitled Real, La Película (Real, The Movie), which recounted these events, was released on 25 August 2005. In a
bizarre publicity stunt at the premiere, kidnapperPaul del Rio, now a famous artist, and Di Stefano were brought together for the first
time since the abduction, 42 years before.[30]

Managerial career
After retirement, he moved into coaching. He guided the Argentine club Boca Juniors to league title,[21] and won La Liga and the
Copa del Rey with Valencia as well as the European Cup Winners' Cup with the side in 1980. He also managed Sporting in the
1974/75 season and Real Madrid between 1982 and 1984. The 1982–83 was catastrophic for Real, they finished third in La Liga and
were defeated finalists in the Supercopa de España, Copa de la Liga and Copa del Rey.[21] Madrid were also beaten by Aberdeen,
managed by Alex Ferguson, in the European Cup Winners' Cup final.[21]

After retirement
[21]
Di Stéfano resided in Spain until his death in 2014. On 5 November 2000 he was named Honorary President of Real Madrid.

On 24 December 2005, 79-year-old Di Stéfano suffered a heart attack.[31]

On 9 May 2006, the Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium was inaugurated at the City of Real Madrid, where Real Madrid usually train. Its
inaugural match was between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims, a rematch of the European Cup final won by Real Madrid in 1956.
Real Madrid won 6–1 with goals fromSergio Ramos, Antonio Cassano (2), Roberto Soldado (2), and José Manuel Jurado.[32]
Death
Following another heart attack on 5 July 2014, the 88-year-old Di Stéfano was moved to
intensive care in the Gregorio Marañón hospital in Madrid,[33] where he died on 7 July
2014.[34][35][36]

On 8 July, his coffin was placed on public display at the Bernabéu Stadium. Real Madrid
president Florentino Pérez and captain Iker Casillas were amongst those in attendance.[37]
Following his death Di Stéfano received tributes from many famous football personalities
including Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Pelé, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Maradona and Bobby
Charlton.[38] During the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final between Argentina and the
Netherlands on 9 July, Di Stéfano was honoured with one minute of silence, while the
Argentine team also wore black ribbons in a matter of respect.[39] Di Stéfano's memorabilia at
the Real Madrid museum
The Club Atlético River Plate from Argentina and Millonarios Fútbol Club from Colombia
organized a friendly match in homage of their former player. The match was played on 16 July
2014, at the Millonarios'Estadio El Campín.[40]

Personal life
Di Stéfano married Sara Freites in 1950, they had six children: Alfredo, Ignacio, Sofia, Silvana, Helena and Nanette; she died in
December 2012. At the time of his death he was dating his Costa Rican girlfriend Gina González,[41] his former secretary, 50 years
his junior.

Career statistics

Club
 League Cup Continental Total
Club Season
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate 1945 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Huracán 1946 25 10 2 0 0 0 27 10
(loan) Total 25 10 2 0 0 0 27 10
1947 30 27 0 0 2 1 32 28
1948 23 13 1 1 6 4 30 18
River Plate
1949 12 9 0 0 0 0 12 9
Total 66 49 1 1 8 5 75 55
1949 14 16 0 0 0 0 14 16
1950 29 23 2 1 0 0 31 24
Millonarios 1951 34 32 4? 4? 0 0 38? 36?
1952 24 19 4? 5? 0 0 28? 24?
Total 101 90 10 10 0 0 111 100
1953–
28 27 0 0 0 0 28 27
54
1954–
30 25 0 0 2 0 32 25
55
1955–
30 24 0 0 7 5 37 29
56
1956–
30 31 3 3 10 9 43 43
57
1957–
30 19 7 7 7 10 44 36
58
1958–
28 23 8 5 7 6 43 34
Real Madrid 59
1959–
23 12 5 3 6 8 34 23
60
1960–
23 21 9 8 4 1 36 30
61
1961–
23 11 8 4 10 7 41 22
62
1962–
13 12 9 9 2 1 24 22
63
1963–
24 11 1 1 9 5 34 17
64
Total 282 216 50 40 64 52 396 308
Espanyol 1964– 24 7 3 2 0 0 27 9
 65
1965–
23 4 4 1 6 0 33 5
66
Total 47 11 7 3 6 0 60 14
Career totals 521 376 70 54 78 57 669 487

International

Argentina
Year Apps Goals
1947 6 6
Total 6 6

Spain[28]
Year Apps Goals
1957 7 7
1958 4 1
1959 5 6
1960 8 6
1961 7 3
Total 31 23

International goals

For Argentina

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.[42]

 # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1947 South
4 December Estadio George Capwell, Bolivia
1. 6–0 7–0 American
1947 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Championship
1947 South
11 December Estadio George Capwell, Peru
2. 2–1 3–2 American
1947 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Championship
1947 South
16 December Estadio George Capwell, Chile
3. 1–0 1–1 American
1947 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Championship
1947 South
18 December Estadio George Capwell, Colombia
4. 2–0 6–0 American
1947 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Championship
1947 South
18 December Estadio George Capwell, Colombia
5. 5–0 6–0 American
1947 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Championship
1947 South
18 December Estadio George Capwell, Colombia
6. 6–0 6–0 American
1947 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Championship

For Spain

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.[42]

 # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
30 January Netherlands
1. Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 2–0 5–1 Friendly
1957
30 January Netherlands
2. Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 4–0 5–1 Friendly
1957
30 January Netherlands
3. Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 5–1 5–1 Friendly
1957
31 March King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
4. 1–0 5–0 Friendly
1957 Belgium
31 March King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
5. 4–0 5–0 Friendly
1957 Belgium
24 1958 FIFA
Stade olympique de la Pontaise,
6. November Switzerland 2–0 4–1 World Cup
Lausanne, Switzerland
1957 qualification
24 1958 FIFA
Stade olympique de la Pontaise,
7. November Switzerland 3–0 4–1 World Cup
Lausanne, Switzerland
1957 qualification
13 April Portugal
8. Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 1–0 1–0 Friendly
1958
28 February Italy
9. Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy 1–0 1–1 Friendly
1959
1960
28 June Poland European
10. Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland 2–1 4–2
1959 Nations' Cup
qualifying
1960
28 June Poland European
11. Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland 4–1 4–2
1959 Nations' Cup
qualifying
1960
14 October Poland European
12. Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 1–0 3–0
1959 Nations' Cup
qualifying
22
13. November Mestalla, Valencia, Spain Austria 1–0 6–3 Friendly
1959
22
14. November Mestalla, Valencia, Spain Austria 5–2 6–3 Friendly
1959
13 March Italy
15. Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain 2–1 3–1 Friendly
1960
10 July Peru
16. Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 1–0 3–1 Friendly
1960
14 July Chile
17. Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile 1–0 4–0 Friendly
1960
14 July Chile
18. Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile 2–0 4–0 Friendly
1960
17 July Chile
19. Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile 1–0 4–1 Friendly
1960
17 July Chile
20. Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile 2–0 4–1 Friendly
1960
21. 19 April Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales Wales 2–1 2–1 1962 FIFA
1961 World Cup
 qualification
11 June Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla, Argentina
22. 2–0 2–0 Friendly
1961 Spain
23 1962 FIFA
23. November Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain Morocco 2–1 3–2 World Cup
1961 qualification

Honours

Player
River Plate

Primera División: 1945, 1947

Copa Aldao: 1947
Millonarios

Colombian Championship: 1949, 1951, 1952

Copa Colombia: 1953
Pequeña Copa del Mundo de Clubes: 1953
Real Madrid

Primera División: 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–

61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64
Di Stéfano won the Primera
Copa del Rey: 1962 División and the Copa Aldao
European Cup: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959– with River Plate in 1947.
60
Intercontinental Cup: 1960
Argentina

South American Championship: 1947

Individual

Argentine Primera División top scorer: 1947

Campeonato Profesional top scorer: 1951, 1952
Pichichi Trophy: 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
Ballon d'Or: 1957, 1959

Super Ballon d'Or: 1989[43]

European Cup top scorer: 1958, 1962
Spanish Player (Athlete) of the Year: 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964
FIFA Order of Merit: 1994[44] Di Stéfano won the South
World Soccer World XI: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964[45] American Championship with
Argentina in 1947.
World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
FIFA 100: 2004
UEFA Jubilee Awards – Golden Player of Spain: 2004
Golden Foot: 2004, as football legend[46]
UEFA President's Award: 2007[47]
World Soccer Greatest XI of all time: 2013
 IFFHS Legends[48]

Manager
Boca Juniors

Primera División: 1969

Copa Argentina: 1969
River Plate

Torneo Nacional: 1981

Valencia

Primera División: 1970–71

European Cup Winners' Cup: 1979–80 Di Stéfano’s Golden Foot
Segunda División: 1986–87 award in “The Champions
Real Madrid Promenade" on the seafront
of the Principality of Monaco
Supercopa de España: 1990

Records
Scored in most European Cup finals: 5.[49]
Scored in most consecutive European Cup finals: 5.
Most goals scored in European Cup finals: 7 (shared with Ferenc Puskás)
[50]
Only player to be awarded the Super Ballon d'Or

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External links
Alfredo Di Stéfano at Real Madrid (in English) (in Spanish)
Alfredo Di Stéfano – FIFA competition record
Di Stéfano's high five UEFA.com
 Di Stéfano's golden memoriesUEFA.com
Madrid salute Di StéfanoUEFA.com
Spain national team stats from Sportec.es
Detail of international appearances by RSSSF
European Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads
European Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads

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