Alfredo di Stefano, of Real Madrid fame was born in which country?
"UEFA and Real Madrid with a special Presidents award issued by FIFA at a ceremony in Madrid, where a statue was also unveiled. Then UEFA President Michel Platini called Di Stefano ""a great amongst the greats"" while contemporaries Eusébio and Just Fontaine suggested that he was ""the most complete footballer in the history of the game"". Born in Barracas, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Di Stéfano was the son of Alfredo Di Stéfano, a first-generation Italian Argentine (his father Michele emigrated to Argentina from Nicolosi in the 19th century), and Eulalia Laulhé Gilmont, an Argentine woman of French and Irish"
"Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium The Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano is a multi-purpose stadium in Madrid, Spain. Named after former Real Madrid footballer Alfredo di Stéfano, the stadium is currently used for football matches, serving as the home ground of Real Madrid Castilla; the reserve team of Real Madrid. On Tuesday, 9 May 2006 the Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium was inaugurated at the City of Madrid where Real Madrid usually trains. The inaugural match was between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims, a rematch of the European Cup final won by Real Madrid in 1956. Real Madrid won the inaugural match"
"Alfredo Di Stéfano, José Santamaría and Héctor Rial quickly transferred, and helped make Real Madrid the dominant club of the early years of the European Cup. In 1962, the Spanish League banned all foreign players, as their presence was blamed for the poor performance of the national team. ""Oriundi"" were allowed if they had not been capped by their native country. As a result, clubs were anxious to prove Spanish ancestry for would-be imports, resulting in some dubious cases. Some players obtained forged birth certificates, providing spurious Spanish ancestors. This was easy in Paraguay during the corrupt dictatorship of Alfredo"
"Alfredo Di Stéfano Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé (; 4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was an Argentine professional footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the best footballers of all time, and is best known for his achievements with Real Madrid, where he was instrumental in the club's domination of the European Cup and La Liga during the 1950s. Along with Francisco Gento and José María Zárraga, he was one of only three players to play a part in all five victories, scoring goals in each of the five finals. Di Stéfano played international football mostly"
"by ""Forbes"" in 2016 and 2017, as well as the world's most famous athlete by ESPN in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born in São Pedro, Funchal, on the island of Madeira, Portugal, and grew up in Santo António, Funchal. He is the fourth and youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro (b. 1954), a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro (1953–2005), a municipal gardener and a part-time kit man. His second given name, ""Ronaldo"", was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan. His great-grandmother on his father's side, Isabel da Piedade, was from the island"
"History of Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid C.F. are a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. In addition to their domestic success, Real Madrid's reputation as a major club was established by their outstanding record in the European Cup. To date, they have been crowned champions of Europe a record thirteen times. Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás and other famous players helped the club win the European Cup five times in a row between 1956 and 1960, which included the memorable 7–3 Hampden Park final against German side Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960. The club won for a sixth time"
"leg 2–0, ending a 24 consecutive scoring record of Barcelona in ""El Clásico"" matches, and with a 5–1 aggregate score. History of Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid C.F. are a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. In addition to their domestic success, Real Madrid's reputation as a major club was established by their outstanding record in the European Cup. To date, they have been crowned champions of Europe a record thirteen times. Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás and other famous players helped the club win the European Cup five times in a row between 1956 and 1960, which included"
"the group stage. His team won their opener against Russia. His team went on to defeat France and finish first in the competition. Alfredo Cuadrado Freire Alfredo Cuadrado Freire (born 2 May 1969 in Madrid) is a 5-a-side football player from Spain. He was born on 2 May 1969 in Madrid. He has a disability: he is blind and is a B1 type sportsperson. He continued to live in Madrid in 2012. In 2013, he was awarded the bronze Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo. He is affiliated with the DZ Malaga sport federation. He played 5-a-side football at the 2004"
"Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (; ""Royal Madrid Football Club""), commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. Founded on 6 March 1902 as the Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since inception. The word ""real"" is Spanish for ""royal"" and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem. The team has played its home matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European sporting entities, Real Madrid's"
"Marco Asensio Marco Asensio Willemsen (; born 21 January 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for Real Madrid and the Spain national team. After starting out at Mallorca, he signed with Real Madrid in November 2014, being consecutively loaned to his former club as well as Espanyol. Upon his return, he went on to win several honours, including two Champions League trophies. Asensio made his senior debut for Spain in 2016. He represented the nation at the 2018 World Cup. Born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands to a Dutch mother and a"
"Jorge Valdano Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos (born 4 October 1955) is an Argentine former footballer, coach and the former general manager of Real Madrid. He was born in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province, and played as a forward throughout his footballing career. He is currently working as a commentator for BeIN Sports (Spain).He had a major influence in Argentina's 1986 World Cup triumph, including a goal in the final, the Real Madrid striker scored a total of 4 goals in the 1986 World Cup, and played a major role in Argentina's 1986 World Cup victory. With the Argentina national"
"Valdano also wrote the book ""Sueños de fútbol"" (""Dreams of football"") and edited the book ""Cuentos de fútbol"" (""Football short stories"") by diverse authors. Real Madrid's former captain Raúl named his first-born son in honour of Valdano. Jorge Valdano Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos (born 4 October 1955) is an Argentine former footballer, coach and the former general manager of Real Madrid. He was born in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province, and played as a forward throughout his footballing career. He is currently working as a commentator for BeIN Sports (Spain).He had a major influence in Argentina's 1986 World Cup"
"World Cup. Ronaldo became the majority owner of La Liga club Real Valladolid in September 2018 after buying 51% of the club's shares. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima was born on 18 September 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the third child of Nélio Nazário de Lima, Snr. and Sônia dos Santos Barata. Ronaldo has a brother, Nélio Jr. His parents separated when he was 11, and Ronaldo dropped out of school shortly afterward to pursue a career in football. He played on the streets of Bento Ribeiro, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. His mother states, “I always found"
"sport facility built in the world. In these facilities we can find the training fields for all the teams of the different categories, the press room, restaurant, training fields for the first team, and the Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium (where the reserve team, Real Madrid Castilla plays its matches). Real Madrid President who was at the origin of this city, Florentino Perez, said about it: ""If the Real Madrid is universal, this will be its capital. A city opened to anyone, a football dream: The Real Madrid city"". Ciudad Deportiva, Madrid Ciudad Deportiva was Real Madrid's former training complex located"
"Luca Zidane Luca Zinedine Zidane Fernández (born 13 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Real Madrid. Luca was born in Marseille, and is the son of the FIFA World Cup-winning French footballer Zinedine Zidane and his wife Veronique Fernández. He is the second of four brothers, and all of them – Enzo, Theo, and Elyaz – are footballers who developed at the youth academy of Real Madrid. Luca is of Spanish descent through his mother, and of Algerian descent through his father. Luca joined the Real Madrid youth academy at the"
"won Serie B in 2013–14. In 2015, he joined Juventus for an initial fee of €32 million and has since made over 100 appearances for the club, winning the double of Serie A and Coppa Italia in each of his three seasons. He has thrice been named in the Serie A Team of the Year. Dybala made his senior international debut for Argentina in 2015 and was chosen for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Paulo Dybala was born in Laguna Larga, in Córdoba, Argentina. His grandfather, Bolesław Dybała, was from the village of Kraśniów in Poland; he fled from his"
"11 July 2017, the Court of Cassation issued a judgment in which it invalidated a decision of the Court of Appeal of Versailles, which had validated the procedure by which Benzema had been indicted for complicity of attempted blackmail. Karim Benzema Karim Mostafa Benzema () (born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Real Madrid and the France national team. He has been described as an ""immensely talented striker"" who is ""strong and powerful"" and ""a potent finisher from inside the box"". Benzema was born in the city of Lyon and"
"and now diving that has crept into his game."" French newspaper ""L'Equipe"" named Costa as the most hated footballer in December 2015, based on his provocative and violent behaviour. Atlético Madrid Chelsea Individual General Specific Diego Costa Diego da Silva Costa (, ; born 7 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team. Born and raised in Brazil, Costa began his senior club career playing for Braga, but never initially played for the side prior to relocating to Spain to sign with Atlético Madrid at age 19,"
"strategy of signing world-class players from abroad, the most prominent being the Argentine Alfredo di Stéfano, and built the world's first truly multinational squad. During Bernabéu's presidency, many of Real Madrid's most legendary names played for the club, including Di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, Francisco Gento, Héctor Rial, Raymond Kopa, José Santamaría, Miguel Muñoz, Amancio and Santillana. It was under Bernabéu's guidance that Real Madrid became established as a major force in both Spanish and European football. Before passing away in 1978, Bernabéu had been the club's president for 33 years, during which Real won one Intercontinental Cup, six European Cups,"
"named Honorary President of Real Madrid. On 24 December 2005, 79-year-old Di Stéfano suffered a heart attack. On 9 May 2006, the Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium was inaugurated at the ""City of Real Madrid"", where Real Madrid usually train. Its inaugural match was between Real Madrid and Stade de Reims, a rematch of the European Cup final won by Real Madrid in 1956. Real Madrid won 6–1 with goals from Sergio Ramos, Antonio Cassano (2), Roberto Soldado (2), and José Manuel Jurado. Following another heart attack on 5 July 2014, the 88-year-old Di Stéfano was moved to intensive care in"
"for Spain after moving to Madrid, but he also played for Argentina and Colombia. Di Stéfano, nicknamed ""Saeta rubia"" (""Blond Arrow""), was a powerful, quick, skillful, and prolific forward, with great stamina, tactical versatility, creativity, and vision, who could also play almost anywhere on the pitch. He is currently the sixth highest scorer in the history of Spain's top division, and Real Madrid's third highest league goalscorer of all time, with 216 goals in 282 league matches between 1953 and 1964. He is Madrid's leading goalscorer in the history of ""El Clásico"", alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. In November 2003, to celebrate"
"of 6,000 seats. It is envisaged to increase the seating capacity up to 25,000 at the completion of the expansion. Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid Castilla is a Spanish football team that plays in Segunda División B – Group 1. It is Real Madrid's reserve team. They play their home games at Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium. Unlike the English football league system, reserve teams in Spain play in the same league system as their senior team rather than a separate league. Reserve teams, however, cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, Real Madrid Castilla are ineligible"
"Yé-yé (Real Madrid) The Yé-yé team was the name given to the generation of all-Spanish Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1960s. The team was captained by the veteran player Francisco Gento who won the European Cup 5 times with Alfredo Di Stefano in the 1950s. He would lead a group of younger players that included José Araquistáin, Pachín, Pedro de Felipe, Manuel Sanchís, Pirri, Ignacio Zoco, Fernando Serena, Amancio Amaro, Ramón Grosso and Manuel Velázquez. This group of younger players sometimes were considered to be hippies because they wore longer hair than the previous generation. The"
"Alfredo Sánchez Benito Alfredo Sánchez Benito (born 3 December 1972), known simply as Alfredo, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the assistant manager of Gimnàstic de Tarragona. Over ten seasons, he amassed Segunda División totals of 314 matches and 24 goals, with Leganés, Osasuna (which he also represented in La Liga) and Elche. After retiring, Alfredo worked several years as assistant coach, with Osasuna. Alfredo was born in Madrid. Starting in 1993–94, he played his first seven seasons as a professional in Segunda División, with hometown club CD Leganés and CA Osasuna: in the"
"most cases, clubs could only have three foreign players in their squads, meaning that at least eight local players had to play in every game. During the 1950s, however, these rules were circumvented by Real Madrid who naturalized Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás. Di Stéfano, Puskás, Raymond Kopa and Francisco Gento formed the nucleus of the Real Madrid team that dominated the second half of the 1950s. Madrid won the first division in 1954, 21 years later since 1933, and retained its title in 1955. They were winners again in 1957 and 1958, with only Athletic Bilbao interrupting their"
"prevented him from playing in the finals. He retired from international football afterwards. On the night of 24 August 1963, the Venezuelan revolutionary group Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN), kidnapped Alfredo Di Stéfano at gunpoint from the Potomac Hotel in Caracas while his team, Real Madrid, were on a pre-season tour of South America. The kidnapping was codenamed ""Julián Grimau"", after the Spanish communist Julián Grimau García, executed by firing squad in Spain in April 1963 during Francisco Franco's dictatorship. Di Stefano was released unharmed two days later close to the Spanish embassy without a ransom being paid, and"
"Milan's Paolo Maldini (with an inferior 5–3 record). Gento's legendary Real Madrid teammate, Alfredo Di Stéfano (5–2 record) comes third with 7. After he retired from football in 1971, he decided to take up coaching. He took charge of various lower-league teams, such as Castilla, Castellón, Palencia, and Granada. In the end, he accepted a post working as an ambassador for Real Madrid throughout Europe. Gento's two younger brothers, (1939–2016) and (born 1940) also played football professionally; the latter played for Real Madrid, too, but they were not as successful as their older brother Francisco. Regarded as one of the"
"September 18, 1972 in the city of Granada, son of Francis, a bank employee of Castilian origin and son of Estrella Crypto-jewish or Crypto-Judaism descent. He lived during the first ten years of his life in the city of Motril. His childhood was marked by the social climate surrounding then Spain of Francisco Franco. His father forced him to attend a government school where he was beaten each to be compelled to recite the Catholic rite. But far from breaking their spirit. Arturo Alonso at the age of 6 years in its first manifestation screaming in the front line to"
"Adolfo Aldana Adolfo Aldana Torres (born 5 January 1966) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder. Over the course of 11 seasons he amassed La Liga totals of 178 games and 31 goals, mainly with Real Madrid and Deportivo with which he won a total of nine major titles. Aldana was born in San Roque, Cádiz, Andalusia. Brought through the ranks of La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid, he found opportunities hard to come by, as he was mainly barred in the starting XI by legendary club player Míchel. However, he still managed to produce with limited"
"descent with her relatives being from Swinford, County Mayo. He began his career at Argentina's River Plate aged 17, in 1943. For the 1946 season he was loaned to Club Atlético Huracán, but he returned to River in 1947. Due to a footballers' strike in Argentina in 1949, Di Stéfano went to play for Millonarios of Bogotá in the Colombian league. He won six league titles during the first 12 years of his career in Argentina and Colombia. Di Stéfano was best known for his time at Real Madrid where he was an integral part of one of the most"
"score listed first, score column indicates score after each Odriozola goal) Álvaro Odriozola Álvaro Odriozola Arzallus (; born 14 December 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid and Spain. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a winger. Born in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Odriozola joined Real Sociedad's youth setup in 2006, at the age of ten. On 1 September 2013 he made his senior debut with the reserves, starting in a 0–3 Segunda División B away loss against UD Las Palmas Atlético, and in the same month made the first of several appearances"
"team, held with France, Germany and Italy. He played 121 matches in La Liga, for Real Madrid, and scored 55 goals. In Copa del Rey he played 39 times and scored 12. He won one trophy, the Spanish Cup. Jesús Alonso Fernández Jesús Alonso Fernández (April 24, 1917 in Havana – August 9, 1979 in Madrid), better known as Chus Alonso, was a Spanish association football player. He played as a midfielder. Alonso had moved to Spain at a young age, and played exclusively for Spanish clubs. He scored 2 goals in the inaugural game at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium,"
"Javier Artero Javier Artero López (born 16 April 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder. After playing for five teams in the lower leagues in his country he joined Dundee in Scotland, appearing two years with the team before being forced to retire at only 27, due to illness. Born in Madrid, Artero started playing football with local amateurs CD Colonia Moscardó. In 1995 he joined Real Madrid, but never made it past the C-team, also being loaned to another club in the community, CD Leganés in Segunda División, and appearing very rarely in the course"