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Pedro Petrone

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Pedro Petrone
Pedro Petrone in 1928
Personal information
Full name Pedro Petrone Schiavone
Date of birth (1905-05-11)11 May 1905
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 13 December 1964(1964-12-13) (aged 59)
Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–0000 Solferino Montevideo
0000–1924 Charley FC
1924–1931 Nacional 128 (146)
1931–1933 Fiorentina 44 (37)
1933–1934 Nacional 20 (30)
International career
1923–1930 Uruguay 28 (24)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris Team
Gold medal – first place 1928 Amsterdam Team
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1930 Uruguay
South American Championship
Winner 1923 Uruguay
Winner 1924 Uruguay
Runner-up 1927 Peru
Third place 1929 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Petrone Schiavone (11 May 1905 – 13 December 1964) was a Uruguayan footballer who played in the role of striker. His nickname was Artillero, meaning artilleryman or gunner, in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess.

Club career

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Throughout his career, Petrone played for Nacional, where he won two National Tournaments (1924, 1934), and in Italy with Fiorentina, where he played 44 games and scored 37 goals; he was the top goalscorer in Serie A during the 1931–32 season). Whilst in Italy, Petrone was timed in the hundred metres at 11 seconds and was said to be the fastest player in the League.

International career

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A two-time gold medalist in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics,[1] Petrone also won the 1930 FIFA World Cup with Uruguay. He was 19 years and 1 month old when he received the 1924 gold medal and the tournament top-goalscorer award, still remaining to this day the youngest ever football gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Games.

Petrone won 29 official caps for Uruguay, scoring 24 goals, but early non-FIFA officiated matches would bring his record to 80 caps and 36 goals. He is currently seventh (7th) in the Uruguay top-goalscorers list.

Death

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Petrone died in Montevideo in 1964, at the age of 59 years.

Honours

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Club

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Nacional

International

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Uruguay

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Pedro Petrone". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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Preceded by Serie A top scorer
1931–32
Succeeded by