Talk:Alfredo di Stéfano

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[edit] Signing with Real Madrid

A reader Diago from London sent the following correction to the e-mail help list.

The article edited in your wonderful webpage brings some false information on the time Di Stefano signed for Real Madrid over Barcelona. While some politic hate over Barcelona is the reason given, Di Stefano himself explains in his own biography "Gracias, Vieja" (Thanks, Old Lady - referred to the ball). He had a contract with River Plate but Argentinean players went on a strike over the contracts with the league clubs. He was at the time playing for Millonarios in Columbia and his contract with River expired. Barcelona agreed a fee with River and kept Di Stefano in Barcelona for some months while trying to unblock the problem. Real Madrid agreed the transfer from Millonarios. Di Stefano, at the time, couldn't be bothered where to play as long as he did play. When Real Madrid sorted the transfer, Barcelona claimed the player was his and the Government suggested sharing him between the clubs. Barcelona refused. And the rest is history

I have suggested that he add the information himself. Capitalistroadster 09:32, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

The information provided regarding Di Stefano's transfer to Real Madrid is ludicrously biased, and uses as sources 1) an xtratime football forum (??) and a barcelona supporter's fanpage. Is this supposed to be taken seriously? The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sufjanav (talk • contribs) 11:31, 7 December 2005.

The 3rd source is "Soccernet". I guess that you aren't complaining about that one. If you have contradicting sources or proof that this is wrong, then please change the article. Sebastian Kessel Talk 21:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


It would seem to me that the first two "sources" completely delegitimize the 3rd, whatever it may be.

This article is strongly biased. We'll take care of it in the next days. Please do not try to modificate its information without a proper source. I will use History books for it, and I expect a more reliable source than a few football forums. Thank you. Spooki 21:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


When a Di Stefano article dedicates more words to the controversy about his signing rather than his performances as football player you rapidly realize something is wrong. We should merely stick to facts and avoid press rumours and all sort of pamphletary comments. Cheers. Spooki Talk 14:14, 25 November 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.58.220.228 (talk)

[edit] Nationality

The article says he "played international football for Argentina, Colombia, and Spain", but doesn't explain the circumstancees of this. Did he hold triple nationality; change nationality at some point in his life; etc.? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Delirium (talkcontribs).

He holds both Argentine and Spanish nationalities. The circumstances in which he played for Colombia are not clear to me, perhaps the FIFA had no strong policies about players changing colours (many Argentines also played for Italy during the 30s and 40s). He did have some problems to play for Spain though, that prevented him from playing in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Mariano(t/c) 07:55, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Colombia wasn´t a member of FIFA at the time wich probably had someting to do with it. Sebisthlm 13:46, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Greatest" claim

I amended the sentence to what the reference states. The IFHOF doesn't seem to have much recognition or authority though.

Relevant discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football#"Greatest" claims

i think there is a wrong information about his goals with Millonarios it is not corect that they are 267 goals i think it is much less


[edit] Correct punctuation in article title

The title of this article should be Alfredo di Stéfano not Alfredo Di Stéfano - a minor differnce I know but the aim of Wikipedia is to be accurate - can sombody change this? --Timetrial (talk) 18:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Doubts: Millonarios Game and Goal Totals

Something seems off with the number of games played and/or goals scored for his stint at Millonarios (Colombia). Nearly 300 games in 4 some years seems far too high -- that's almost as many games as he played during 11 years in Spain. I just don't see how this could be possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.111.75 (talk) 18:49, 13 May 2008 (UTC)