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Alcides Ghiggia

Uruguayan footballer famous for his pivotal role in Uruguay's 1950 World Cup victory.

Alcides Ghiggia is one of 1179 people in the A–Z index, listed under A.

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Alcides Ghiggia is best known for Scoring the winning goal for Uruguay in the 1950 FIFA World Cup final against Brazil. On Dead or Alive, Alcides Ghiggia is listed in the World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Alcides Ghiggia is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Scoring the winning goal for Uruguay in the 1950 FIFA World Cup final against Brazil.
Listed under: World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends

About Alcides Ghiggia

Ghiggia's family was of Ticinese descent, originally 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, advancing down the right wing and taking a low shot which slid right in the space between Brazilian goalkeeper Moacir Barbosa (who was anticipating a cross, like the one that originated Uruguay's earlier equaliser through Juan Alberto Schiaffino) and the left post.

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