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15 / Uruguay · 1950–1959Alcides Ghiggia
Caps · Uruguay
12
Goals · Uruguay
4
Life
1926–2015
Clubs
Club Atlético Peñarol, AS Roma, Danubio
Honours
FIFA World Cup 1950
#15
Editorial rank of 33 for Uruguay
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Eleven minutes from the end on 16 July 1950 he cut in off the right and drove low past Moacir Barbosa at the near post, and the 173,850 inside the Maracanã went silent. Career record: 12 caps and 4 goals for Uruguay; club career at Club Atlético Peñarol, AS Roma, Danubio; honours include FIFA World Cup 1950.
Career record
| 1945–1948 | Sud América |
| 1946–1947 | C.A. Progreso |
| 1948–1953 | Club Atlético Peñarol |
| 1953–1961 | AS Roma |
| 1961–1962 | AC Milan |
| 1962–1967 | Danubio |
| Uruguay | 12 caps, 4 goals |
Sources
- Senior international years checked 4 October 2026
- Caps · Uruguay checked 4 October 2026
- Caps · Italy checked 4 October 2026
- Italy caps: sources differ; count omitted. Previous import was unverified.
- Goals · Uruguay checked 4 October 2026
- Goals · Italy checked 4 October 2026
- Italy goals: sources differ; count omitted. Previous import was unverified.
- Honours · FIFA World Cup 1950 · Winning team checked 4 October 2026
From the daily quiz
Who scored the winner that silenced the Maracanã in 1950?
Reveal the answer
Alcides Ghiggia. Ghiggia beat Barbosa at the near post in the 79th minute and later joked that only the Pope, Frank Sinatra and he had ever silenced the Maracanã.
Shared the era
Uruguay legends whose careers overlapped Ghiggia's
Around Ghiggia in the almanac
One rank above: Pedro Petrone at #14.
One rank below: Ángel Romano at #16.
Uruguay's editorial top five: Juan Alberto Schiaffino · Luis Suárez · Enzo Francescoli · Héctor Scarone · José Leandro Andrade.