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Italy 1940-1950s Retro Football Shirt

Italy 1940-1950s Retro Football Shirt. Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia (born 22 December 1926 in Montevideo, Uruguay) an excellent dribbler on the right wing, 1,69 m short and 62 kg light, is considered one of the best wingers of the 1950s. The World Cup winner of 1950 played for the national sides of Uruguay and Italy. Ghiggia became a naturalized Italian citizen in 1957 he played between 1957-1959 for the national side of his adopted country. Three matches he played in the course of the ill-fated qualification for the World Cup 1958 in Sweden when Italy failed for the first time to make it to the final tournament of a World Cup. In his altogether five matches for Italy he scored one goal.