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Uruguay · 1950–62Alcides Ghiggia
Rating
89
Caps
12
Goals
4
Life
1926–2015
Clubs
Club Atlético Peñarol, AS Roma, Danubio
#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. Uruguay took that World Cup in Brazil's own stadium, and he added two Uruguayan titles at Peñarol, the 1961 Fairs Cup with Roma, Serie A with Milan in 1962 and five caps for Italy. Career record: 12 caps and 4 goals for Uruguay; club career at Club Atlético Peñarol, AS Roma, Danubio.
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 |
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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.
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