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Alfredo Di Stéfano
said
It has changed a bit, of course. The speed and all that.
— Quotes of Di Stéfano from "Training, sweating and learning" by Marcela Mora y Araujo, in The Guardian (10 June 2008).
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)
- Fame68.3
- Momentum15.0
- Argentina rank#59
Source-basedRising
- Fame68.3
- Momentum15.0
- Argentina rank#59
- Footballers rank#177
- Wikipedia145.4K
Lived 1926–2014, aged 88Argentina
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21
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.
Biography
About
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 comp…
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Sourced, dated quotes from Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Di Stéfano
said
We must always strive to improve, little by little.
— Quotes of Di Stéfano from "Training, sweating and learning" by Marcela Mora y Araujo, in The Guardian (10 June 2008).
Alfredo Di Stéfano
said
Do you know how many rules there are in football? … There are 17 rules. That's it. Everyone talks about football and nobody remembers this simple fact.
— Quotes of Di Stéfano from "Training, sweating and learning" by Marcela Mora y Araujo, in The Guardian (10 June 2008).
Alfredo Di Stéfano
said
I always enjoyed training, sweating and learning
— Quotes of Di Stéfano from "Training, sweating and learning" by Marcela Mora y Araujo, in The Guardian (10 June 2008).
Alfredo Di Stéfano
said
I've always been a team player, that's all. One for all and all for one.
— Quotes of Di Stéfano from "Training, sweating and learning" by Marcela Mora y Araujo, in The Guardian (10 June 2008).
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Teams
Low confidence
- RCD Espanyol de Barcelona1964–1966
- Spain men's national football team1957–1961
- Real Madrid Club de Fútbol1953–1964
- Millonarios1949–1953
- Colombia men's national football team1949–1952
- Argentina national football team1947–1947
- Club Atlético Huracán1946–1946
- Boca Juniors1945–1949
- Catalonia national football team
19451966
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Season stats
Low confidence
| 1964–1966 | 47 | 11 |
| 1957–1961 | 31 | 23 |
| 1953–1964 | 282 | 216 |
| 1949–1953 | 102 | 90 |
| 1949–1952 | 4 | 0 |
| 1947–1947 | 6 | 6 |
| 1946–1946 | 25 | 10 |
| 1945–1949 | 66 | 49 |
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Awards
Low confidence
- UEFA President's Award
- Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires trolazo
- Ballon d'Or
- Pichichi Trophy
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Fame
Rising68.3
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Score components
Momentum15.0
Historical29.2
Now attention39.7
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
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