 Ghiggia with A.S. Roma in the mid-1950s | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1926 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 July 2015 (aged 88) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1945–1948 | Sud América | |||||||||||||
| 1948–1953 | Peñarol | 169 | (26) | |||||||||||
| 1953–1961 | Roma | 201 | (19) | |||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Milan | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1962–1967 | Danubio | 128 | (12) | |||||||||||
| Total | 502 | (57) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1952 | Uruguay | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 1957–1959 | Italy | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra (pronounced [ˈɡiddʒa]; 22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015) was a Uruguayan football player, who played as a right winger. He achieved lasting fame for his decisive role in the final match of the 1950 World Cup, and at the time of his death exactly 65 years later, he was also the last surviving player of the Uruguay squad at the 1950 World Cup.