José Sanfilippo

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

José Sanfilippo
Sanfilippo in 1962
Personal information
Full name José Francisco Sanfilippo
Date of birth (1935-05-04) 4 May 1935
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1962 San Lorenzo (total) 260 (200)
1963–1964 Boca Juniors 20 (7)
1964–1965 Nacional 21 (25)
1966–1967 Banfield 50 (19)
1968 Bangu ? (?)
1968–1971 EC Bahia ? (?)
1972 San Lorenzo (see above)
1978 San Miguel ? (?)
International career
1957–1962 Argentina 30 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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
Argentina

Individual

References
  1. "José Sanfilippo". Worldfootball.net. Heim: Spiel. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. Pablo Ciullini (27 June 2013). "José Sanfilippo – Goals in Argentina League". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. "La tarde en que Sanfilippo "terminó" con su carrera" (in Spanish). Canal Trans. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  4. "Hecho un Nene: Sanfilippo en el Parque Central" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. "San Lorenzo: Centurions dream of Copa glory". Classic Football. FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  6. "Jose Sanfilippo". World Football: Statistics. FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  7. Roberto Mamrud (14 July 2016). "Goalscoring for Argentina National Team". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  8. Emmanuel Castro Serna (9 July 2009). "Argentina - List of Top scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  9. Martín Tabeira (12 August 2009). "Southamerican Championship 1959 (2nd Tournament) - Scorers' List". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  10. John Beuker; Pablo Ciullini; Osvaldo Gorgazzi (9 April 2010). "Copa Libertadores de América 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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