Pedro Petrone Explained

Pedro Petrone
Fullname:Pedro Petrone Schiavone
Birth Date:1905 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Death Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Position:Striker
Years1:1920–
Years2:–1924
Years3:1924–1931
Years4:1931–1933
Years5:1933–1934
Clubs1:Solferino Montevideo
Clubs2:Charley FC
Clubs3:Nacional
Clubs4:Fiorentina
Clubs5:Nacional
Caps3:128
Caps4:44
Caps5:20
Goals3:146
Goals4:37
Goals5:30
Nationalyears1:1923–1930
Nationalteam1:Uruguay
Nationalcaps1:28
Nationalgoals1:24

Pedro Petrone Schiavone (11 May 1905 – 13 December 1964) was a Uruguayan footballer who played in the role of striker. His nickname was Artillero, meaning artilleryman or gunner, in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess.

Club career

Throughout his career, Petrone played for Nacional, where he won two National Tournaments (1924, 1934), and in Italy with Fiorentina, where he played 44 games and scored 37 goals; he was the top goalscorer in Serie A during the 1931–32 season). Whilst in Italy, Petrone was timed in the hundred metres at 11 seconds and was said to be the fastest player in the League.

International career

A two-time gold medalist in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics,[1] Petrone also won the 1930 FIFA World Cup with Uruguay. He was 19 years and 1 month old when he received the 1924 gold medal and the tournament top-goalscorer award, still remaining to this day the youngest ever football gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Games.

Petrone won 29 official caps for Uruguay, scoring 24 goals, but early non-FIFA officiated matches would bring his record to 80 caps and 36 goals. He is currently seventh (7th) in the Uruguay top-goalscorers list.

Death

Petrone died in Montevideo in 1964, at the age of 59 years.

Honours

Club

Nacional

International

Uruguay

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pedro Petrone . Olympedia . 18 August 2021.