Alfonso Silva Placeres (19 March 1926 – 16 February 2007) was a football player considered one of the best in the history of
Canary Islands' football.
He won
La liga
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with
Atletico de Madrid in 1949 and 1950 and was in the
Spain national football team
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which played in the
1950 FIFA World Cup
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in Brazil.
On 10 January 1950 he played for the Canary Islands football team against the Argentine champion
San Lorenzo de Almagro
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which was successfully touring in Europe. The Canary Islands beat them 4–2.
In 1956 he was cast out because of a disciplinary problem by coach Barrios. He was transferred to newly created team
Union Deportiva Las Palmas which paid 300,000
pesetas.
Honours
;
Atlético Madrid
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La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
:
1949–50,
1950–51
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Copa Eva Duarte
The Copa Eva Duarte was a Spanish football tournament organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Generalísimo.
History
In September 1940, a match with this format had the nam ...
: 1951
References
External links
National team data
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1926 births
2007 deaths
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Spain men's international footballers
La Liga players
Atlético Madrid footballers
UD Las Palmas players
1950 FIFA World Cup players
Footballers from Las Palmas
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