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Di Stefano in 1988. Di Stéfano resided in Spain until his death in 2014. On 5 November 2000, he was named Honorary President of Real Madrid. [9] On 24 December 2005, 79-year-old Di Stéfano suffered a heart attack. [46] On 9 May 2006, the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium was inaugurated at the City of Real Madrid, where Real Madrid usually train.
Distefano first joined US Livorno – that was then playing in Serie A under Davide Nicola – where he spent 3 years, before joining the youth sector of ACF Fiorentina. [3] ...
Di Stéfano made his international debut for Argentina in December 1947, scoring a goal during a 7–0 win against Bolivia. He scored six goals, including his first international hat-trick—against Colombia—during his six appearances for Argentina. [1] These all came during the 1947 South American Championship, [a] which Argentina won. [6]
Meanwhile, ageing forwards Di Stefano and Puskas were aimed with passes by Gento and Justo Tejada. [2] Also, the club won the 1962 Copa del Generalísimo Final, [3] defeating Sevilla 2–1 and clinching the club's first domestic double. It was the only Copa del Generalísimo that Alfredo Di Stéfano won in 11 campaigns. [4]
Additionally, Di Stefano clinched another top scorer individual trophy in the Spanish league with 23 goals. Puskas was second with 21 goals. The squad finished in a decent second spot in the league standings, four points behind champions Barcelona , despite scoring a club record 89 goals (to Barcelona's 96).
The club won its third league title over defending champion FC Barcelona after 21 years aimed by several arrivals such as Di Stefano from Millonarios Fútbol Club [1] (included a transfer battle with CF Barcelona) [2] and 20-yrs-old winger from Racing Santander Francisco Gento.
Argentine forward Alfredo Di Stéfano scored 25 goals playing another superb season. After its fourth ever league win (second in a row), the team proceeded to clinch the Latin Cup in June. [ 3 ] However, in the Copa del Generalísimo , without Di Stéfano (who still had not obtained his Spanish citizenship), Madrid were knocked out in the semi ...
The team reached the semi-finals [4] of the Copa del Generalísimo (losing to Athletic Bilbao 3–4 on aggregate without Di Stéfano) and finished third in the league 10 points behind champions Bilbao with a record 81 goals scored.