Peregrino Anselmo

Juan Peregrino Anselmo

Personal information
Full name	Juan Peregrino Anselmo
Date of birth	30 April 1902
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	27 October 1975 (aged 73)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1922-1935	Peñarol	180	(102)
Total		180	(102)
National team
1927-1934	Uruguay	8	(3[1])
Teams managed
1962	Peñarol
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Olympic medal record
Representing  Uruguay
Men's football
	1928 Amsterdam	Team Competition

Juan Peregrino Anselmo (30 April 1902 – 27 October 1975) was a striker for Uruguay who was a member of the champion squad at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, as he scored 3 goals in the tournament, including 2 in the semi-finals.^[2] He was the first false 9 in a world cup. He also won the gold medal with Uruguay at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a player^[3] and later coach of C.A. Peñarol. As coach, succeeding mid-1962 the Hungarian Béla Guttmann in office, he led the club to the Uruguayan championship of the same year. In the later part of 1963 the Uruguayan goalkeeper Roque Maspoli succeeded him.

International goals

Uruguay's goal tally first

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 July 1930	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Romania	3–0	4–0	1930 FIFA World Cup
2.	27 July 1930	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Yugoslavia	2–1	6–1
3.				3–1

References

1. "Uruguay - Record International Players". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
2. "The forgotten heroes of '66 get World Cup medals at last | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
3. https://web.archive.org/20091202104014/http://carbonero.com:80/index.php/Idolos-1891-1929/juan-peregrin-anselmo.html. Archived from the original on December 2, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)