| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfonso Silva Placeres | ||
| Date of birth | March 19, 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | ||
| Date of death | February 16, 2007 | ||
| Place of death | Konstanz, Germany | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1941–1945 | Real Club Victoria | ||
| 1946–1957 | Atletico de Madrid | ||
| 1957–1958 | Las Palmas | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Alfonso Silva Placeres (Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 19 March 1926, death in Konstanz, Germany, 16 February 2007) was a football player considered one of the best in the history of Canary Islands' football.
He won La liga with Atletico de Madrid in the years 1949 and 1950 and was in the Spanish national football team which played in 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
On 1950 January 10 he played with Canary Islands football team a game against the Argentinian champion San Lorenzo de Almagro which was successfully touring in Europe, but in this game they received four goals in half an hour which made them think they were fooled and were really playing against a Spanish national team. They decided not to continue the game which was only resume because of the engagement of Argentinian ambassador in Spain.
On 1956 he was cast out because of a disciplinary problem by coach Barrios. He was transferred to newly created team Union Deportiva Las Palmas which paid 300.000 pesetas.
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