Jose Altafini

Brazilian professional football player
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Jose Altafini, born in Piracicaba, Brazil on July 24, 1938, is a professional football player of Brazil/Italy. He works as a striker in the field and now works in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Altafini was also a player who scored as many as 14 goals in a single season before the reform of the Champions League. In 1962-63, 14 goals created Champions League Season goal record. It has been overtaken by Ronaldo with 17 goals.
Chinese name
Jose Altafini
Foreign name
José Joã o Altafini "Mazzola"
Alias
Jose Altafini
Nationality
Brazil Italy
one's native heath
Brazil Pirasicaba
date of birth
July 24, 1938
Height
176 cm
Weight
78kg
sport event
Football
Sports team
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Field position
forward
Idiomatic foot
Right foot

Take part in the competition

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match
particular year
Represent the team
number
World Cup
one thousand nine hundred and sixty-two
Italy
nine
World Cup
one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight
Brazil
eighteen

Sports career

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Former teams: Palmeiras Football Club, Chiasso Football Club, Mendricio Football Club
In the 1960s, the most famous Brazilian in Italy was Altafini. Up to now, Jose Altafini still represents the highest achievement of Brazilians in Italy. As a striker, Altafini is characterized by fast speed, fierce style, excellent dribbling and good at snatching points.
In Brazil, more people know Mazzola than Altafini. Because Altafini is quite similar to Valentino Mazzola of the Turin team in the 1940s, even the Autobiography of Pele calls him Mazzola. Altafini was the original No. 10 candidate of coach Fiola in the 1958 Brazil team that dominated the European land. Brazil defeated Austria 3-0 in the first game, and Altafini scored two goals alone. However, in the second game, Brazil was disappointed to draw 0-0 with England without Matthews, and Altafini was replaced by a boy. perhaps [1] Altafini could not complain, because the name of the 17-year-old boy was Edson de Nassimento, short for Bailey ……
However, there are also rumors that Fiola did so to punish the "traitor" who was bent on moving to Europe. In the 1958-59 season, Artafini scored 28 goals as soon as he joined AC Milan, AC Milan Easy crown removal. 28 goals has always been the best personal record of foreign aid in the first season of Serie A. Milanese call it "conileone", which is the combination of the two words of rabbit and lion in Italian, meaning that Altafini combines the rabbit like agility with the lion like ferocity.
Champions League single season goal record? The answer is that Altafini scored 14 goals in the 1962-63 season. The two goals in the final at Wembley that year ended Eusebio Benfica's three consecutive championships marked the end of Benfica's dominance and Italy won the Champions League for the first time.
Altafini wore the blue team's uniform and became one of the few players who played in the World Cup on behalf of two countries in history Santiago In the boxing match, the Italian team was beaten and kicked out by the Chilean team. Altafini and another overseas returnee Sivori stayed out. However, Amalildo, the first hero of Brazil's 1962 World Cup victory, also moved to Milan after the World Cup and joined Altafini.
Altafini stayed in Milan until 1965, contributing two league titles and one Champions League Cup for Milan, scoring 216 goals in 459 battles for Milan. transfer Naples At this time, Altafini had passed his heyday. Naples called him the "Lucky Stone" because of the magic of scoring just after he came on the court several times, but Naples people soon refused to mention it again. In 1972, the aging Altafini moved to Juve and even brought two league titles to Juve. In particular, the 1972-73 Serie A League is considered the most intense and dramatic closing battle in history. Before the last round, AC Milan with 42 points and Juventus and Lazio with 41 points are hopeful. In the last round, Juventus first fell behind Rome 0-1. It was Altafini who equalled the score. Three minutes before the end, Kukuredu scored a goal to win the championship. In the 1974 - 75 Serie A championship fight, Napoli insisted on losing the direct dialogue with Juventus until two minutes before the end, which led to the fall of the championship. It was Altafini who scored the key goal. [2]

Career data

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competition season
club
number
Appearance
goal
country
League level
ranking
1981/82
Mendricio
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seven
one
Switzerland
-
1980/81
Mendricio
twenty-one
ten
Switzerland
1978/79
Chiasso
seven
two
Switzerland
one
three
1977/78
zero
zero
Switzerland
two
two
1976/77
Chiasso
twenty-six
fourteen
Switzerland
two
five
1975/76
Juventus
ten
one
Italy
one
two
1974/75
Juventus
twenty
eight
Italy
one
one
1973/74
Juventus
twenty-one
seven
Italy
one
two
1972/73
Juventus
twenty-three
nine
Italy
one
one
1971/72
Naples
twenty-nine
eight
Italy
one
eight
1970/71
Naples
twenty-five
seven
Italy
one
three
1969/70
Naples
fifteen
eight
Italy
one
six
1968/69
Naples
twenty-one
five
Italy
one
seven
1967/68
Naples
twenty-nine
thirteen
Italy
one
two
1966/67
Naples
twenty-seven
sixteen
Italy
one
four
1965/66
Naples
thirty-four
fourteen
Italy
one
three
1964/65
AC Milan
twelve
three
Italy
one
two
1963/64
AC Milan
thirty
fourteen
Italy
one
three
1962/63
AC Milan
thirty-one
eleven
Italy
one
three
1961/62
AC Milan
thirty-three
twenty-two
Italy
one
one
1960/61
AC Milan
thirty-four
twenty-two
Italy
one
two
1959/60
AC Milan
thirty-three
twenty
Italy
one
three
1958/59
AC Milan
thirty-two
twenty-eight
Italy
one
one
one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight
Palmeiras
-
-
Brazil
one
-
one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven
Palmeiras
-
-
Brazil
one
one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six
Palmeiras
-
-
Brazil
one
Represent the national team
14 appearances
9 goals
55 appearances
35 goals
European Champions League
28 appearances
24 goals
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