Juan Alberto Schiaffino - International Appearances

The outstanding Uruguayan player obtained 25 international caps with two National Teams (21 for Uruguay and 4 for Italy). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born:	28- 7-1925
Country:  Uruguay (became Italian citizen later)
Caps:	25	(W13-D5-L7 - GF69-GA43 - %62.00)
Goals:	 8	(% 0.32 per match)
Age First Cap for Uruguay: 20 yr 166 d	10- 1-1946 vs. Brazil 1-1
Age Last Cap for Uruguay:  28 yr 340 d	 3- 7-1954 vs. Austria 1-3
Age First Cap for Italy:   29 yr 130 d	 5-12-1954 vs. Argentina 2-0
Age Last Cap for Italy:	   32 yr 171 d	15- 1-1958 vs. Northern Ireland 1-2
National Team Career Uruguay:  8 yr 173 d
National Team Career Italy:    3 yr  41 d

Cap  Goals    Date    Venue      	Opponent       Score	Competition

for Uruguay
 1	    10- 1-46  Montevideo	Brazil  	1-1 [*]	Copa Rio Branco
 2	     1- 4-47  Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	2-3	Copa Rio Branco
 3	    11- 4-48  Montevideo	Brazil  	4-2	Copa Rio Branco
 4	    30- 4-50  Rio de Janeiro	Paraguay	3-2	Copa Trompowski
 5   1	 1   6- 5-50  São Paulo 	Brazil  	4-3	Copa Rio Branco
 6	 1  14- 5-50  Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	2-3	Copa Rio Branco
 7	 1  18- 5-50  Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	0-1	Copa Rio Branco
 8   2	 3   2- 7-50  Belo Horizonte	Bolivia 	8-0	World Cup
 9	 3   9- 7-50  São Paulo 	Spain   	2-2	World Cup
10	 3  13- 7-50  São Paulo 	Sweden  	3-2	World Cup
11   1	 4  16- 7-50  Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	2-1	World Cup
12	 4  31- 5-53  Montevideo	England 	2-1
13	 4  10- 4-54  Montevideo	Paraguay	1-4
14	 4  18- 4-54  Asunción  	Paraguay	1-1
15   1	 5  23- 5-54  Lausanne  	Switzerland	3-3
16   1	 6   5- 6-54  Saarbrücken	Saar     	7-1
17   1	 7  16- 6-54  Bern      	Czechoslovakia	2-0	World Cup
18 	 7  19- 6-54  Basel     	Scotland	7-0	World Cup
19   1	 8  26- 6-54  Basel     	England 	4-2	World Cup
20	 8  30- 6-54  Lausanne  	Hungary 	2-4	World Cup
21	 8   3- 7-54  Zürich    	Austria 	1-3	World Cup

[*] Abandoned after 78 minutes

Note: the matches against Argentina (29-12-45, 1-1; and 5-12-48, 1-2) 
      in which Schiaffino played are not considered full internationals
      and therefore not included here.

for Italy
 1	     5-12-54  Roma      	Argentina	2-0
 2	     4-12-57  Belfast   	N. Ireland	2-2
 3	    22-12-57  Milano    	Portugal	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 4	    15- 1-58  Belfast   	N. Ireland	1-2	World Cup Qualifier

Total Record

           Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points  Percentage
Uruguay	      21    11	 4    6	  61- 39      26     61.90
Italy	       4     2	 1    1	   8-  4       5     62.50

Total	      25    13 	 5    7	  69- 43      31     62.00

Types of Matches

Friendlies        	 7
World Cup          	 9
World Cup Qualifier	 2
Copa Rio Branco	         6
Copa Trompowski	         1

Total:          	25

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net)
Last updated: 21 Apr 2003