Peregrino Anselmo

Juan Anselmo

Personal information
Full name	Juan Peregrino Anselmo
Date of birth	(1902-04-30)30 April 1902
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	27 October 1975(1975-10-27) (aged 73)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1922–1935	Peñarol	180	(102)
Total		180	(102)
International career
1927–1935	Uruguay	8	(3)
Managerial career
1962	Peñarol
Medal record Men's football Representing Uruguay Olympic Games 1928 Amsterdam Team FIFA World Cup Winner 1930 Uruguay South American Championship Winner 1935 Peru Runner-up 1927 Peru
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Peregrino Anselmo (30 April 1902 – 27 October 1975) 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

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 July 1930	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Romania	3–0	4–0	1930 FIFA World Cup
2.	27 July 1930	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Yugoslavia	2–1	6–1
3.				3–1