Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé
Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Born
- 4 July 1926
- Died
- 7 July 2014
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1945–1966
Clubs Boca Juniors · Club Atlético Huracán · Millonarios · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol · RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
522
Club league goals
376
International caps
41
International goals
29
League goals / match
0.72
International goals / cap
0.71
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca JuniorsClub | 1945–1949 | League | 66 | 49 |
| Club Atlético HuracánClub | 1946 | League | 25 | 10 |
| Argentina national football teamNational team | 1947 | Full caps | 6 | 6 |
| Colombia men's national football teamNational team | 1949–1952 | Full caps | 4 | 0 |
| MillonariosClub | 1949–1953 | League | 102 | 90 |
| Real Madrid Club de FútbolClub | 1953–1964 | League | 282 | 216 |
| Spain men's national football teamNational team | 1957–1961 | Full caps | 31 | 23 |
| RCD Espanyol de BarcelonaClub | 1964–1966 | League | 47 | 11 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×8
La Liga
Domestic
- 1953–54 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1954–55 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1956–57 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1957–58 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1960–61 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1961–62 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1962–63 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1963–64 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×5
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1955–56 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1956–57 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1957–58 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1958–59 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1959–60 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×1
Copa América
International
- 1947 · Argentina national football team
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 1960 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×2
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1957
- 1959
Career timeline
1945
- Joins Boca Juniors — Until 1949
1946
- Joins Club Atlético Huracán (loan) — Until 1946
1947
- Copa América winner — 1947 · Argentina national football team
- Senior international debut: Argentina national football team — Until 1947
1949
- Senior international debut: Colombia men's national football team — Until 1952
- Joins Millonarios — Until 1953
1953
- Joins Real Madrid Club de Fútbol — Until 1964
1954
- La Liga winner — 1953–54 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1955
- La Liga winner — 1954–55 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1956
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1955–56 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1957
- Ballon d'Or — 1957(provisional)
- Senior international debut: Spain men's national football team — Until 1961
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1956–57 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 1956–57 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1958
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1957–58 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 1957–58 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1959
- Ballon d'Or — 1959(provisional)
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1958–59 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1960
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1959–60 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 1960 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1961
- La Liga winner — 1960–61 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1962
- La Liga winner — 1961–62 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1963
- La Liga winner — 1962–63 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1964
- La Liga winner — 1963–64 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
- Joins RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — Until 1966
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
77.9
Rank #5
Partially verified3/5 categories with full evidence · 5% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceLimited evidence89.1+26.72 points
- Best window
- 1956–1960
- Individual award points in window
- 24
- Award availability in window
- 0
- Team honor points in window
- 48.5
- Peak index
- 72.25
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Award availability during the peak window was very low; this indicator understates players from that era.
Career performanceFull evidence65.7+16.43 points
- League goals per match
- 0.72 → 86.22
- International goals per cap
- 0.707 → 88.44
- International caps per year
- 2.73 → 26
Individual accoladesLimited evidence63.0+12.60 points
- Contemporary award points
- 24
- Award availability coverage
- 0
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 48
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1957)
- 12
- Ballon d'Or (1959)
- 12
Only 0% of the modern award opportunity existed for this player's career; contemporary points are scaled by at most 1/0.5 (floor) to limit extrapolation.
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence85.3+12.80 points
- Team honor points
- 72.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.864
- Intercontinental Cup (1960)
- 2.5
- Copa América (1947)
- 6
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1955–56)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1956–57)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1957–58)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1958–59)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1959–60)
- 8
- La Liga (1953–54)
- 3
- La Liga (1954–55)
- 3
- La Liga (1956–57)
- 3
- La Liga (1957–58)
- 3
- La Liga (1960–61)
- 3
- La Liga (1961–62)
- 3
- La Liga (1962–63)
- 3
- La Liga (1963–64)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence93.1+9.31 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 22 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 12 → 88
- International career length (years)
- 15 → 92.5
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Alfredo Di Stéfano (Q164546)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Di stefano argentina (cropped).jpgPublic domain · retrieved 27 October 2026