page_title: Alfredo Di Stéfano
section_title: Player
hierarchical_section_title: Alfredo Di Stéfano / Honours / Player
caption_attribution_description: English: Alfredo Di Stefano in Argentina national team
context_page_description: Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé was an Argentinian-born professional footballer and coach, regarded as one of the best footballers of all time. Nicknamed "Saeta rubia", he 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 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 for Spain after moving to Madrid, but he also played for Argentina and Colombia.
  Di Stéfano 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.
context_section_description: River Plate
  Primera División: 1945, 1947
  Copa Aldao: 1947
  Millonarios
  Colombian Championship: 1949, 1951, 1952
  Copa Colombia: 1953
  Small Club World Cup: 1953
  Real Madrid
  Primera División: 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64
  Copa del Rey: 1962
  European Cup: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60
  Small Club World Cup: 1956
  Intercontinental Cup: 1960
  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
  Pequeña Copa del Mundo de Clubes|Intercontinental Cup top scorer: 9 goals
  Super Ballon d'Or: 1989
  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
caption: Di Stéfano won the South American Championship with Argentina in 1947.
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