José Sanfilippo

José Sanfilippo
	; Sanfilippo in 1960.
Personal information
Full name	José Francisco Sanfilippo
Date of birth	May 4, 1935 (age 76)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo (born 4 May 1935 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine footballer.

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]

He also earned 29 caps and scored 21 goals for the Argentina national football team, and represented the country at two World Cups, in 1958 and 1962.

Sanfilippo began his career at San Lorenzo in 1953, he set a remarkable record of being the topscorer in the Argentine league four seasons in a row between 1958 and 1961 for San Lorenzo. This achievement has yet to be surpassed.

In 1963 he moved to Boca Juniors, he was the topscorer in the Copa Libertadores with seven goals in seven games, but Boca were beaten in the final by Brazilian team Santos Futebol Clube. Sanfilippo played 27 games for Boca in all competitions, scoring 14 goals.

In 1972 Sanfilippo returned to San Lorenzo and took his place in the back to back championship squad that won the Metropolitano and the Nacional championships. At the end of the year he retired from football. At 1978, he played in the Club Atlético San Miguel, of the 4th. Division.

He is the 5th highest scoring player in Argentine football.^[2]

[edit] Titles and Awards

Season	Club	Title
1958	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 28 goals
1959	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 31 goals
1960	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 34 goals
1960	San Lorenzo	Topscorer in South America: 34 goals
1961	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina Topscorer: 26 goals
1963	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores Topscorer: 7 goals
1972 Metropolitano	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina Champions
1969 Taça de Prata	Esporte Clube Bahia	Taça de Prata Topscorer: 46 goals
1972 Nacional	San Lorenzo	Primera Division Argentina Champions

[edit] References

^ "José Sanfilippo". Worldfootball.net. Heim: Spiel. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/jose-sanfilippo/. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
^ "San Lorenzo: Centurions dream of Copa glory". Classic Football. FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44211/index.html. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

[edit] External links

José Sanfilippo at National-Football-Teams.com
(Spanish) Futbol Factory profile (Archived)

[0] "José Sanfilippo". Worldfootball.net. Heim: Spiel. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/jose-sanfilippo/. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

[1] "San Lorenzo: Centurions dream of Copa glory". Classic Football. FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44211/index.html. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

[1]

[2]

Persondata
Name	Sanfilippo, Jose
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine footballer
Date of birth	4 May 1935
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death

José Sanfilippo

[edit] Titles and Awards

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Personal tools

Namespaces

Variants

Views

Actions

Search

Navigation

Interaction

Toolbox

Print/export

Languages

Personal information
Sanfilippo in 1960.
Full name	José Francisco Sanfilippo
Date of birth	May 4, 1935 (1935-05-04) (age 76)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1953–1962	San Lorenzo	(total) 260	(200)
1963	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	?	(?)
National team
1957–1962	Argentina	29	(21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).