José Altafini
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ItalyCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
José João Altafini, also known as "Mazzola" in Brazil, is an Italian-Brazilian former footballer, who played as a forward. Although, he began his career with Palmeiras in Brazil, he soon moved to play football in Italy, and is mostly remembered for his highly successful stint with Italian club AC Milan, with which he achieved a great domestic and international success; he later played for Napoli and Juventus, before ending his career in Switzerland with spells at Chiasso and Mendrisiostar. A highly prolific goalscorer, Altafini also held the record for the most goals scored in a single European Cup campaign for over 50 years; he is also one of only eight players to have scored five goals in a single European Cup match. He is the joint-fourth highest scorer in Italian Serie A history with 216 goals, and also holds the record for being the fifth-youngest player in Serie A history to score 100 goals, a feat which he managed at the age of 24 years and 239 days. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, and as one of Serie A's and Milan's greatest-ever players, Altafini had an eye for goal and was quick, skilful and powerful. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
2 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1962The archive holds 2 team sheets naming José Altafini in Italy's starting line-up, from 1962-05-31 to 1962-06-02.
2 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
A different player of the same name scored for Brazil (2 goals, 1958) — José Altafini · Brazil
International goals in our archive
1 goal across 1 scoring match · 1 tournament · 1961
IsraelHonours
7 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours7 | ||||
| FIFA World Cup | ×1 | 1958 | Brazil | |
| European Cup | ×1 | 1962–63 | AC Milan | |
| Serie A | ×4 | 1958–59, 1961–62, 1972–73, 1974–75 | AC Milan ·2, Juventus ·2 | |
| Coppa delle Alpi | ×1 | 1966 | Napoli | |
| Individual honours5 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 2 | ||||
| Coppa Italia top goal scorer | 1960–61 | |||
| European Cup top goalscorer | 1962–63 | |||
| More honours · 3 | ||||
| AC Milan Hall of Fame | ||||
| Golden Foot | 2019 | |||
| Serie A top Goal-scorer | 1961–62 | |||