Alcides Ghiggia
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Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra was a Uruguayan and Italian footballer 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
Ghiggia with A.S. Roma in the mid-1950s
Plaque at the Suns of the Paseo de los Soles, Montevideo, Uruguay
AS Roma
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Associazione Sportiva Roma is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except
Alcides Ghiggia
…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 AS Roma and AC 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…
Panoramica dello Stadio Olimpico
Attilio Ferraris, Roma captain during their formative years
Mural in Rome in honor of Roma's 98th anniversary
The Roma of the first scudetto in 1942