José Piendibene


José Miguel Piendibene Ferrari was an Uruguayan footballer. He is considered by many as the best Uruguayan footballer in the amateur era.

Playing career

Club career

Piendibene played for Peñarol between 1908 and 1928. During his time with the Carboneros he won four Primera División Uruguaya championships.

International career

Piendibene made his debut for the Uruguay national football team in 1909 against Argentina in Buenos Aires. Over the course of his 14 year career with the national team he was capped 40 times, scoring 20 goals. He made his final appearance for La Celeste in November 1923.
Piendibene played two matches at the unofficial 1910 Copa America.
At the 1916 South American Championship Piendibene scored the first goal of the tournament in a match against Chile. He finished the tournament with two goals and was equal second place in the goalscorers list.
Piendibene was a member of the Uruguayan squad for the 1917 South American Championship but did not play a match at the tournament.
He was a member of Uruguay's third South American Championship win at the 1920 tournament where he scored one goal in three matches.
He played in the Uruguay team at the 1921 tournament where Uruguay placed third. Piendibene scored one goal.

Coaching career

He went on to coach Peñarol.

Honours

Club

Winner : 1910, 1911
Runner-up : 1913, 1915, 1916
Winner: : 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920
Runner-up : 1911,
Winner : 1910, 1912
Runner-up : 1909, 1911, 1914, 1920
Winner : 1911, 1912, 1914, 1918, 1920
Runner-up : 1916