José Sanfilippo Explained

José Sanfilippo
Fullname:José Francisco Sanfilippo
Birth Date:1935 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position:Striker
Years1:1953–1962
Years2:1963–1964
Years3:1964–1965
Years4:1966–1967
Years5:1968
Years6:1968–1971
Years7:1972
Years8:1978
Clubs8:San Miguel
Caps1:(total) 260
Goals1:200
Caps2:20
Goals2:7
Caps3:21
Goals3:25
Caps4:50
Goals4:19
Caps5:?
Goals5:?
Caps6:?
Goals6:?
Caps7:(see above)
Caps8:?
Goals8:?
Nationalyears1:1957–1962
Nationalteam1:Argentina
Nationalcaps1:30
Nationalgoals1:21

José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo (born 4 May 1935) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Sanfilippo was born in Buenos Aires. During his club career he played for San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Banfield in Argentina, Nacional in Uruguay, and Bangu and SC Bahia in Brazil.[1]

Sanfilippo scored his first league goal for San Lorenzo on 21 November 1953 against Banfield, and went on to score 192 league goals for them up to 1962.[2]

In 1963, Sanfilippo moved to Boca Juniors, although in 1964 he was dismissed from the club following a disciplinary incident in a match against his former club, San Lorenzo.[3]

Sanfilippo joined Uruguayan side Nacional in 1964, after the first round of the Copa Libertadores. He scored against Colo Colo in the only Copa match he played for the club, before getting injured in a friendly match.[4]

Sanfilippo is the 5th highest scoring player in Argentine football.[5]

International career

At international level, Sanfilippo played for the Argentina national football team in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup.[6] He is the joint ninth-highest goalscorer for the Argentina national football team, alongside Leopoldo Luque, with 22 goals.[7]

Honours

San Lorenzo
Boca Juniors
Bahia

1970, 1971

Argentina

1955

1957

Individual

1959[9]

1963 (7 goals)[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: José Sanfilippo. Worldfootball.net. Heim: Spiel. 3 November 2012.
  2. Web site: José Sanfilippo – Goals in Argentina League. Pablo Ciullini. 27 June 2013. RSSSF. 17 June 2016.
  3. Web site: La tarde en que Sanfilippo "terminó" con su carrera. Canal Trans. es. 30 August 2012.
  4. Web site: Hecho un Nene: Sanfilippo en el Parque Central . 9 December 2011. Futbol.com.uy. es. 19 February 2017.
  5. Web site: San Lorenzo: Centurions dream of Copa glory . Classic Football . FIFA . 27 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119005748/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club%3D44211/index.html . 19 January 2012 .
  6. Web site: Jose Sanfilippo. https://web.archive.org/web/20100505170504/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=57526/index.html. dead. 5 May 2010. World Football: Statistics. FIFA. 3 November 2012.
  7. Web site: Goalscoring for Argentina National Team . Roberto Mamrud . 14 July 2016 . 1 September 2016 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100113172740/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arg-recintlp.html . 13 January 2010 .
  8. Web site: Argentina - List of Top scorers . Emmanuel Castro Serna . 9 July 2009 . 2 September 2016 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090608141016/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/argtops.html . 8 June 2009 .
  9. Web site: Southamerican Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament) - Scorers' List. Martín Tabeira. 12 August 2009. RSSSF. 2 September 2016.
  10. Web site: Copa Libertadores de América 1963. John Beuker. Pablo Ciullini. Osvaldo Gorgazzi. 9 April 2010. RSSSF. 2 September 2016.

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