Peregrino Anselmo


Juan Peregrino Anselmo was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker for Uruguay national team. He was a member of national team which won 1930 FIFA World Cup. He scored 3 goals in the tournament, including 2 in the semi-finals. He was the first false 9 in a World Cup. He was part of squad which won gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, but didn't played any game. He was a player and later coach of C.A. Peñarol. As coach, succeeding mid-1962 the Hungarian Béla Guttmann in office, he led the club to the Uruguayan championship of the same year. In the later part of 1963 the Uruguayan goalkeeper Roque Maspoli succeeded him.

International goals

Uruguay's goal tally first
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 July 1930Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay3–04–01930 FIFA World Cup
2.27 July 1930Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay2–16–11930 FIFA World Cup
3.27 July 1930Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay3–16–11930 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Peñarol
Uruguay