# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfredo-di-stefano
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:50:37.076Z

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name: "Alfredo Di Stéfano"
slug: "alfredo-di-stefano"
description: "The blond arrow who scored in five straight European Cup finals and turned Real Madrid into a continental dynasty. Di Stéfano's partnership with Puskás and that 7–3 demolition of Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960 set the template for what a great club could be."
tagline: "Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)"
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birthDate: "1926-07-04"
deathDate: "2014-07-07"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Alfredo Di Stéfano started at River Plate at 17 in 1943, won Copa America with Argentina in 1947, then decamped to Colombia's Millonarios during a players' strike in 1949. Real Madrid signed him and he became the engine of their 1950s dominance: 216 league goals in 282 games, five European Cup wins between 1956 and 1960, goals in every final including a hat-trick in the last. He won the Ballon d'Or in 1957 and 1959, played until 40 at Espanyol, and later stood fourth in France Football's Player of the Century vote behind Pelé, Maradona, and Cruyff. Eusébio and Fontaine called him the most complete footballer in history; Pelé said he was the best ever.