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José Sanfilippo
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Sanfilippo in 1962
Personal information
Full name José Francisco Sanfilippo
Date of birth (1935-05-04) 4 May 1935 (age 89)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1962 San Lorenzo (total) 260 (200)
1963–1964 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 30 (21)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo (born 4 May 1935) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Sanfilippo was born in Buenos Aires. 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.

Sanfilippo scored his first league goal for San Lorenzo on 21 November 1953 against Banfield, and went on to score 192 league goals for them up to 1962.

In 1963, Sanfilippo moved to Boca Juniors, 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. 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 in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He is the joint ninth-highest goalscorer for the Argentina national football team, alongside Leopoldo Luque, with 22 goals.

Honours

San Lorenzo
Boca Juniors
Bahia
  • Campeonato Baiano: 1970, 1971
Argentina

Individual

  • Argentine Primera División Top-scorer (4): 1958 (28 goals), 1959 (31 goals), 1960 (34 goals), 1961 (26 goals)
  • Copa América Top-scorer: 1959
  • Copa Libertadores Top-scorer: 1963 (7 goals)

See also

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