Guillermo Stabile, first top scorer in World Cup history

The story of Guillermo Stabile, definitely, It is those that deserve to be told. Argentina had a full career of successes as a player, at a time when football was beginning to take its first steps professionally, and later as a coach.

As a player he was present representing Argentina in the world's history, that of Uruguay in the year 1930. Initially the role of Guillermo Stabile It was to substitute forward, but nevertheless, after not participating in the first game, played the 4 following (including the final). In these 4 the attacker appearances born in Buenos Aires one 17 of January of 1905 He was able to score 8 goals becoming the first top scorer in World Cup history.

The Albiceleste could not clinch the championship title since He was defeated in the final against host Uruguay, but nevertheless, Stabile It went very reinforced that first world Cup. Which at that time it was star Hurricane (with whom he had set over 100 goals) He made the leap to Europe to play for Genoa italiano. His debut could not be better as he scored three goals he served his team to victory.

Guillermo Stábile como entrenador

The Naples and the Red Star Paris were your other two teams in the old continent. Precisely in the Parisian club, where he hung up his boots, He began his coaching career with 34 year old. Far from what some might think, its work on the bench was still much more successful as a scorer.

Finally it was time to return home and what better place than Hurricane to continue his work as a technician. In 1941 whether it was leading the national team as he was able to train Hurricane, San Lorenzo and Ferro.

But nevertheless, his greatest successes at club level as those achieved DT Racing Club. Guillermo Stabile He joined the team in 1945 and he was able to win, for the first time in the history of professional Argentine football, three titles consecutively champion (1949, 1950 Y 1951). A great success taking into account that the club champion came from 1925.

El técnico con más títulos en la historia de la selección argentina

As we say, technical combined his club coaching career with the national coach and demonstrated that it could all. We are not in vain before the most successful in the history of the albiceleste with which he managed, nothing more and nothing less, what 6 championship titles Copa America and a Pan American championship.

Definitely, the worst in the history of Guillermo Stabile in front of Argentina It was in the World Sweden 1958. There, the combined Albiceleste suffered one of the worst defeats in its history to fall 6-1 against Czechoslovakia It prompting their removal. It should be clarified that the DT could be without Argentine footballers playing abroad by order GRANDPA which greatly weakened the team.

Anyway, We want to remember one of the greatest figures of Argentine soccer. A character should not be forgotten as, numbers in hand, It is a legend that was able to achieve things unobtainable today. In addition to its impressive track record, It remains the coach who has directed more years Argentina, since 1941 a 1959 already Racing Club, since 1945 a 1954. further, DT is the most games run in the history of the America's Cup (44).