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Alcides Ghiggia (Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra) was born on 22 December, 1926 in Montevideo, Uruguay, is a Uruguayan footballer (1926-2015). Discover Alcides Ghiggia's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?
| Popular As |
Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra |
| Occupation |
N/A |
| Age |
88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
22 December 1926 |
| Birthday |
22 December |
| Birthplace |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Date of death |
16 July, 2015 |
| Died Place |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Nationality |
Uruguay
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Alcides Ghiggia Height, Weight & Measurements
At 88 years old, Alcides Ghiggia height is 1.69 m .
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1.69 m |
| Weight |
Not Available |
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Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Alcides Ghiggia Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alcides Ghiggia worth at the age of 88 years old? Alcides Ghiggia’s income source is mostly from being a successful footballer. He is from Uruguay. We have estimated Alcides Ghiggia's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
footballer |
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Timeline
Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra (22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015) was a Uruguayan-Italian 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.
Ghiggia's family was of Ticinese descent, originally from Sonvico.
He played for the national sides of both Uruguay and Italy during his career.
He also played for Peñarol and Danubio in Uruguay and A.S. Roma and A.C. Milan in Italy.
In 1950, Ghiggia, then playing for Uruguay, scored the winning goal against Brazil in the final match of that year's World Cup.
Roberto Muylaert compares the black and white film of the goal with Abraham Zapruder's chance images of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas: he says that the goal and the shot that killed the U.S. president have "the same dramatic pattern ... the same movement ... the same precision of an unstoppable trajectory. They even have the dust in common that was stirred up, here by a rifle and there by Ghiggia's left foot."
The match is considered one of the biggest upsets in football history; Ghiggia would later remark that "only three people managed to silence the Maracanã: Frank Sinatra, the Pope, and me."
Ghiggia was the last surviving member from either the Brazilian or Uruguayan squads involved in the historic 1950 World Cup game.
Coincidentally, it was the 65th anniversary of the Maracanazo.
At the time of his death, Ghiggia was the oldest living World Cup champion.
He managed Peñarol in 1980.
On 29 December 2009, Brazil honoured Ghiggia by celebrating his decisive goal in the 1950 World Cup.
Ghiggia returned to Maracanã Stadium almost 60 years later for this honour and planted his feet in a mould to take his place alongside greats including Brazil's Pelé, Portugal's Eusébio and Germany's Franz Beckenbauer on the Maracanã's walk of fame.
Ghiggia was very emotional and thanked Brazil for the warm reception and recognition he received even when the game is considered the most disappointing in Brazilian football history.
Ghiggia lived out his last years at his home in Las Piedras, Uruguay.
He died on 16 July 2015 in a private hospital in Montevideo at the age of 88.
