Pedro Petrone
Uruguayan footballer (1905-1964)
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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.
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| Full name | Pedro Petrone Schiavone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 December 1964 (aged 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920– | Solferino Montevideo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1924 | Charley FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924–1931 | Nacional | 128 | (146) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931–1933 | Fiorentina | 44 | (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1933–1934 | Nacional | 20 | (30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1923–1930 | Uruguay | 28 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Club career
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
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
Petrone died in Montevideo in 1964, at the age of 59 years.
Career statistics
International
- Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Petrone goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 4 November 1923 | Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Paraguay |
2–0 | 2–0 | 1923 South American Championship | [3] |
| 2 | 25 November 1923 | Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Brazil |
1–0 | 2–1 | 1923 South American Championship | [4] |
| 3 | 2 December 1923 | Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Argentina |
1–0 | 2–0 | 1923 South American Championship | [5] |
| 4 | 26 May 1924 | Stade olympique, Colombes, France |  Yugoslavia |
1–0 | 7–0 | 1924 Summer Olympics | [6] |
| 5 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 6 | 29 May 1924 | Stade Bergeyre, Paris, France |  United States |
1–0 | 3–0 | 1924 Summer Olympics | [7] |
| 7 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 8 | 1 June 1924 | Stade olympique, Colombes, France |  France |
3–1 | 5–1 | 1924 Summer Olympics | [8] |
| 9 | 4–1 | ||||||
| 10 | 9 June 1924 | Stade olympique, Colombes, France |  Switzerland |
1–0 | 3–0 | 1924 Summer Olympics | [9] |
| 11 | 19 October 1924 | Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Chile |
1–0 | 5–0 | 1924 South American Championship | [10] |
| 12 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 13 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 14 | 26 October 1924 | Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay | Paraguay |
1–0 | 3–1 | 1924 South American Championship | [11] |
| 15 | 6 November 1927 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru |  Bolivia |
1–0 | 9–0 | 1927 South American Championship | [12] |
| 16 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 17 | 8–0 | ||||||
| 18 | 10 December 1927 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile | Chile |
1– | 3–2 | Friendly | [13] |
| 19 | 3 June 1928 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Germany |
1–0 | 4–1 | 1928 Summer Olympics | [14] |
| 20 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 21 | 4–1 | ||||||
| 22 | 10 June 1928 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Argentina |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1928 Summer Olympics | [15] |
| 23 | 21 September 1928 | Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay | Argentina |
2– | 2–2 | Friendly | [16] |
| 24 | 25 May 1930 | Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Argentina |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | [17] |
Honours
Club
- Nacional
- Primera División Uruguaya: 1924, 1933
International
- Uruguay
- Olympic Gold Medal: 1924, 1928
- South American Championship: 1923, 1924; runner-up: 1927; third place: 1929
- FIFA World Cup: 1930
Individual
- South American Championship Top-scorer: 1923, 1924, 1927
- South American Championship Player of the tournament: 1924
- Olympic Football Tournament Top-scorer: 1924
- Serie A Top-scorer: 1931–32
