José Sanfilippo
Argentine footballer (1935–2026)
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José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo (4 May 1935 – 4 June 2026) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Banfield in Argentina, Nacional in Uruguay, and Bangu and SC Bahia in Brazil.[1]
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Sanfilippo in 1962 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Francisco Sanfilippo | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 4 June 2026 (aged 91) | ||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1962 | San Lorenzo | (total) 260 | (200) |
| 1963–1964 | Boca Juniors | 20 | (7) |
| 1964–1965 | Nacional | 21 | (25) |
| 1966–1967 | Banfield | 50 | (19) |
| 1968 | Bangu | 14 | (7) |
| 1968–1971 | Bahia | 71 | (48) |
| 1972 | San Lorenzo | (see above) | |
| 1977 | Banfield de San Pedro | 3 | |
| 1978 | San Miguel | ||
| International career | |||
| 1957–1962 | Argentina | 30 | (21) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971 | Bahia | ||
| 1973 | Deportivo Español | ||
| 1976 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Sanfilippo was born in Buenos Aires on 4 May 1935.
Sanfilippo scored his first league goal for San Lorenzo on 21 November 1953 against Banfield, and went on to score 192 league goals for them up to 1962.[2]
In 1963, Sanfilippo moved to Boca Juniors, although in 1964 he was dismissed from the club following a disciplinary incident in a match against his former club, San Lorenzo.[3]
Sanfilippo joined Uruguayan side Nacional in 1964, after the first round of the Copa Libertadores. He scored against Colo Colo in the only Copa match he played for the club, before getting injured in a friendly match.[4]
As of 2026, Sanfilippo was the ninth-highest-scoring player in Argentine football.[5]
International career
At international level, Sanfilippo played for the Argentina national team in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup.[6]
Death
Sanfilippo died on 4 June 2026, at the age of 91.[7]
Honours
San Lorenzo
Boca Juniors
- Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1963
Nacional
- Torneo Cuadrangular: 1964
Bahia
- Campeonato Baiano: 1970, 1971
Argentina
Individual
- Argentine Primera División top scorer: 1958 (28 goals), 1959 (31 goals), 1960 (34 goals), 1961 (26 goals)[8]
- Copa América top scorer: 1959[9]
- Copa Libertadores top scorer: 1963 (7 goals)[10]
