José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo (born 4 May 1935) is a former

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb ...

who played as a striker.

Club career

Sanfilippo was born in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

. During his club career he played 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 ...

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 th ...

and Banfield in Argentina, Nacional in Uruguay, and Bangu and SC Bahia in Brazil. Sanfilippo scored his first league goal for

on 21 November 1953 against Banfield, and went on to score 192 league goals for them up to 1962. In 1963, Sanfilippo moved to

, 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 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 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 The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and ...

in the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil ...

and the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place ...

. 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 (K ...

(26 goals) * Copa América Top-scorer:

* 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 Co ...

(7 goals)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanfilippo, Jose 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