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Key facts
- 1976
- Toronto Italia
- Full name
- José João Altafini
- Date of birth
- ( 1938-07-24 ) 24 July 1938 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Piracicaba , Brazil
- Height
- 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Striker
- Years
- Team
- 1956 1958
- Palmeiras
- 1958 1965
- AC Milan
- 1965 1972
- Napoli
- 1972 1976
- Juventus
- 1976 1979
- Chiasso
- 1979 1980
- Mendrisiostar
- 1957 1958
- Brazil
- 1961 1962
- Italy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Piracicaba
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- 1962 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Italy men's national association football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Italy
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- José Altafini (1974).jpg
- Height
- 176
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- Commons category
- José Altafini
- date of birth
- 1938-01-01
- pseudonym
- Mazzola
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 4
- total goals in career
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
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José João Altafini ( Italian: [altaˈfiːni]; born 24 July 1938), also known as "Mazzola" in Brazil, is an Italian-Brazilian former footballer, who played as a forward. Although, he began his career with Palmeiras in Brazil, he soon moved to play football in Italy, and is mostly remembered for his highly successful stint with Italian club AC Milan, with which he achieved a great domestic and international success; he later played for Napoli and Juventus, before ending his career in Switzerland with spells at Chiasso and Mendrisiostar. A highly prolific goalscorer, Altafini also held the record for the most goals scored in a single European Cup campaign for over 50 years; he is also one of only eight players to have scored five goals in a single European Cup match. He is the joint-fourth highest scorer in Italian Serie A history (along with Giuseppe Meazza) with 216 goals, and also holds the record for being the fifth-youngest player in Serie A history to score 100 goals, a feat which he managed at the age of 24 years and 239 days. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, and as one of Serie A's and Milan's greatest-ever players, Altafini had an eye for goal and was quick, skilful and powerful.
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