Guillermo Stábile facts for kids
Stábile while playing for Huracán in 1926
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| Full name | Guillermo Stábile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 December 1966 (aged 61) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sportivo Metán | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920–1923 | Huracán | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924–1930 | Huracán | 119 | (102) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930–1935 | Genoa | 41 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1936 | Napoli | 20 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936–1939 | Red Star Paris | 19 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 240 | (138) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1930 | Argentina | 4 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1931–1932 | Genoa (co-manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1937–1939 | Red Star Paris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939–1940 | San Lorenzo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940–1941 | Estudiantes LP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1941-1958 | Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1941–1949 | Huracán | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1960 | Racing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guillermo Stábile (born January 17, 1905 – died December 26, 1966) was a famous Argentine football player and manager. He was known as a fantastic centre forward. Stábile won many championships with his clubs, especially with Huracán in Argentina. He also played in Italy and France.
Stábile became famous worldwide as the top scorer in the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930. Later, as a manager, he led the Argentina national team to win the South American Championship six times! He also guided Racing Club to win three league titles.
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Playing Career
Early Days in Argentina
Guillermo Stábile was born in Parque Patricios, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He started playing football for a local club called Sportivo Metán. In 1920, he joined Huracán.
By 1924, he was good enough to join Huracán's main team. Back then, Argentina's top league was still an amateur league. Stábile first played as a right winger, but he soon became a powerful centre forward. He helped Huracán win the championships in 1925 and 1928. They also won a regional trophy called the Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren in 1925.
Playing in Europe
After his amazing performance at the first World Cup, Stábile moved to Italy to play for Genoa. He quickly became a fan favorite. In his very first game, he scored three goals against their rivals, Bologna. He played for Genoa for five years, scoring 16 goals in 41 games.
In the 1935–36 season, Stábile moved to another Italian club, Napoli. He scored three goals in 20 games for Napoli.
His last stop as a player was in France, where he joined Red Star Paris. This club was founded by Jules Rimet, the person who started the FIFA World Cup! Stábile played for Red Star until 1939. He helped the team get promoted from Division 2 back into Division 1. While there, he also started his coaching career as a player-manager.
International Career
Guillermo Stábile made his debut for the Argentina national team when he was 25 years old. This happened during the very first FIFA World Cup in Uruguay in 1930. He didn't play in Argentina's first match against France.
His first game was against Mexico. Argentina's usual striker couldn't play, so Stábile got his chance. Argentina won the game 6–3, and Stábile scored an amazing three goals in his debut! For a long time, people thought this was the first World Cup hat-trick. But 76 years later, FIFA announced that Bert Patenaude had scored the first hat-trick two days before Stábile.
In the next group game, Argentina played against their South American rivals, Chile. Argentina won 3–1, with Stábile scoring two more goals. This win meant Argentina moved on to the semi-finals against the United States. Argentina easily won 6–1, and Stábile added two more goals, sending Argentina to the final.
On July 30, 1930, the first-ever World Cup final was played between Argentina and Uruguay. At halftime, Argentina was leading 2–1, and Stábile had scored their second goal. However, Uruguay came back to win the game 4–2.
Even though Argentina lost the final, Stábile made history. He became the top scorer of the first FIFA World Cup, with 8 goals in just 4 games! He never played for Argentina again, meaning he scored in every single game he played for his country, averaging two goals per match.
Managerial Career
Guillermo Stábile first tried managing football teams way back in 1931–32 at Genoa, while he was still playing. He was a co-manager there.
After playing for Red Star Paris, he became the player-manager for the club. He helped them get promoted to the top league. Stábile then left the French club to coach the Argentina national team in 1939.
Stábile led Argentina to win the South American Championship an incredible six times! These wins were in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, and 1957. After Argentina was knocked out in the first round of the 1958 World Cup, his time with the national team ended for a bit. He was called back in 1960 to lead Argentina in the Panamerican Football Championship.
As a coach for Argentina, Stábile set records. He managed the national team in 123 official matches and won 83 of them. This makes him one of the few coaches to lead a national team in over 100 international matches.
While he was coaching the national team, he also managed three other clubs. He coached Huracán, where he started his playing career. Then he managed Ferro and Racing Club. He led Racing to win three league championships in a row from 1949 to 1951.
Stábile stopped managing teams in 1960. He then became the director of Argentina's national school for football managing. He held this important job until he passed away in 1966.
Honours
Player
Huracán
- Primera División: 1925, 1928
- Copa Ibarguren: 1925
Individual
Manager
Racing Club
- Primera División: 1949, 1950, 1951
Argentina
- South American Championship (6): 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957
- Pan American Games: 1951, 1955
- Panamerican Championship: 1960
Individual
- Berlin-Britz Manager of the Decade (1940s)
See also
In Spanish: Guillermo Stábile para niños
