Alfredo Di Stéfano

**Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé** (; 4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was an Argentine born professional footballer and coach who played as a forward. Alfredo was often known as "Saeta rubia" ("Blond Arrow").

### Club

|rowspan="2" width="150"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|River Plate|1945|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|||
|Huracán (loan)|1946|25|10|2|0|0|0|27|10|||
|rowspan="4"|River Plate|1947|30|27|0|0|2|1|32|28||
|1948|23|13|1|1|6|4|30|18||||
|1949|12|9|0|0|0|0|12|9||||
|rowspan="5"|Millonarios|1949|14|16|0|0|0|0|14|16||
|1950|29|23|2|1|0|0|31|24||||
|1951|34|32|4?|4?|0|0|38?|36?||||
|1952|24|19|4?|5?|0|0|28?|24?||||
|rowspan="12"|Real Madrid|1953–54|28|27|0|0|0|0|28|27||
|1954–55|30|25|0|0|2|0|32|25||||
|1955–56|30|24|0|0|7|5|37|29||||
|1956–57|30|31|3|3|10|9|43|43||||
|1957–58|30|19|7|7|7|10|44|36||||
|1958–59|28|23|8|5|7|6|43|34||||
|1959–60|23|12|5|3|6|8|34|23||||
|1960–61|23|21|9|8|4|1|36|30||||
|1961–62|23|11|8|4|10|7|41|22||||
|1962–63|13|12|9|9|2|1|24|22||||
|1963–64|24|11|1|1|9|5|34|17||||
|rowspan="3"|Espanyol|1964–65|24|7|3|2|0|0|27|9||
|1965–66|23|4|4|1|6|0|33|5||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Argentina|1947|6|6||
|rowspan="5"|Spain|1957|7|7|
|1958|4|1|||
|1959|5|6|||
|1960|8|6|||
|1961|7|3|||

### Player

**River Plate**
- Argentine Primera División: 1945, 1947
- Copa Aldao: 1947

**Millonarios**
- Categoría Primera A: 1949, 1951, 1952
- Copa Colombia: 1953
- Small Club World Cup: 1953

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga (8): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64
- Copa del Generalísimo: 1962
- European Cup: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60
- Intercontinental Cup: 1960
- Small Club World Cup: 1956
- Latin Cup: 1955, 1957

**Argentina**
- South American Championship: 1947

**Individual**
- Argentine Primera División top scorer: 1947
- Campeonato Profesional top scorer: 1951, 1952
- Pichichi Trophy: 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
- Ballon d'Or: 1957, 1959
    - Super Ballon d'Or: 1989
- Small Club World Cup top scorer: 1956
- European Cup top scorer: 1958, 1962
- Spanish Player (Athlete) of the Year: 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964
- FIFA Order of Merit: 1994
- World Soccer World XI: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
- World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
- FIFA 100: 2004
- UEFA Jubilee Awards – Golden Player of Spain: 2004
- Golden Foot: 2004, as football legend
- UEFA President's Award: 2007
- _World Soccer_ Greatest XI of all time: 2013
- IFFHS Legends
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver): 2020
- 11Leyendas Jornal AS: 2021
- IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021
- IFFHS South America Men's Team of All Time: 2021

### Manager

**Boca Juniors**
- Primera División: 1969
- Copa Argentina: 1969

**River Plate**
- Torneo Nacional: 1981

**Valencia**
- La Liga: 1970–71
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1979–80
- Segunda División: 1986–87

**Real Madrid**
- Supercopa de España: 1990

### Records

- Scored in most European Cup finals: five
- Scored in most consecutive European Cup finals: five
- Most goals scored in European Cup finals: seven (shared with Ferenc Puskás)
- Only player to be awarded the Super Ballon d'Or

## References

- General
- _(Autobiography)_

- Specific

## Other websites

- Alfredo Di Stéfano at Real Madrid
- Di Stéfano's high five UEFA.com
- Di Stéfano's golden memories UEFA.com
- Madrid salute Di Stéfano UEFA.com
- Spain national team stats from Sportec.es
- Detail of international appearances by RSSSF
- European Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads
- European Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Alfredo Di Stéfano
- **image**: Di stefano argentina (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Di Stéfano in 1947
- **fullname**: Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé
- **birth place**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **death place**: Madrid, Spain
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1940–1943
- **youthclubs1**: Club Progresista, Unión Progresista
- **youthyears2**: 1944–1945
- **youthclubs2**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **years1**: 1945–1949
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 66
- **goals1**: 49
- **years2**: 1945–1946
- **clubs2**: → Club Atlético Huracán, Huracán (loan)
- **caps2**: 25
- **goals2**: 10
- **years3**: 1949–1953
- **clubs3**: Club Deportivo Los Millonarios, Millonarios
- **caps3**: 101
- **goals3**: 90
- **years4**: 1953–1964
- **clubs4**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **caps4**: 282
- **goals4**: 216
- **years5**: 1964–1966
- **clubs5**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **caps5**: 47
- **goals5**: 11
- **totalcaps**: 521
- **totalgoals**: 376
- **nationalyears1**: 1947
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 6
- **nationalyears3**: 1957–1962
- **nationalteam3**: Spain national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps3**: 31
- **nationalgoals3**: 23
- **manageryears1**: 1967–1968
- **managerclubs1**: Elche CF, Elche
- **manageryears2**: 1969–1970
- **managerclubs2**: Boca Juniors
- **manageryears3**: 1970–1974
- **managerclubs3**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **manageryears4**: 1974
- **managerclubs4**: Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting CP
- **manageryears5**: 1975–1976
- **managerclubs5**: Rayo Vallecano
- **manageryears6**: 1976–1977
- **managerclubs6**: CD Castellón, Castellón
- **manageryears7**: 1979–1980
- **managerclubs7**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **manageryears8**: 1981–1982
- **managerclubs8**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **manageryears9**: 1982–1984
- **managerclubs9**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **manageryears10**: 1985
- **managerclubs10**: Boca Juniors
- **managerclubs11**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **manageryears11**: 1986–1988
- **managerclubs12**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **manageryears12**: 1990–1991