José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo (born 4 May 1935) is a former
Argentine
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footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Club career
Sanfilippo was born in
Buenos Aires
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. During his club career he played for
San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
,
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
and
Banfield in Argentina,
Nacional
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Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
Bank
* Banco Nacional, a ...
in Uruguay, and
Bangu and
SC Bahia in Brazil.
Sanfilippo scored his first league goal for
San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
on 21 November 1953 against Banfield, and went on to score 192 league goals for them up to 1962.
In 1963, Sanfilippo moved to
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
, although in 1964 he was dismissed from the club following a disciplinary incident in a match against his former club, San Lorenzo.
Sanfilippo joined Uruguayan side
Nacional
Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to:
Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
Bank
* Banco Nacional, a ...
in 1964, after the first round of the
Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
. He scored against
Colo Colo
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in the only Copa match he played for the club, before getting injured in a friendly match.
Sanfilippo is the 5th
highest scoring player in Argentine football.
International career
At international level, Sanfilippo played for the
Argentina national football team
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Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and S ...
in the
1958 FIFA World Cup
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Brazil be ...
and the
1962 FIFA World Cup
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. He is the joint
ninth-highest goalscorer for the Argentina national football team, alongside
Leopoldo Luque
Leopoldo Jacinto Luque (; (3 May 1949 – 15 February 2021) was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
In a career spanning from 1972 to 1984 he played for Unión de Santa Fe, Rosario Central, River Plate, Racing Club de ...
, with 22 goals.
Honours
Individual
*
Argentine Primera División Top-scorer (4):
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
(28 goals),
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
(31 goals),
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
(34 goals),
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
(26 goals)
*
Copa América Top-scorer:
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
*
Copa Libertadores Top-scorer:
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
(7 goals)
References
External links
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1935 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine footballers
1958 FIFA World Cup players
1962 FIFA World Cup players
Esporte Clube Bahia players
Club Atlético Banfield footballers
Bangu Atlético Clube players
Boca Juniors footballers
Club Nacional de Football players
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Argentina international footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Argentine expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Brazil
Copa América-winning players
Association football forwards
Pan American Games medalists in football
Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
Footballers at the 1955 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games