José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo (4 May 1935 – 4 June 2026) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Banfield in Argentina, Nacional in Uruguay, and Bangu and SC Bahia in Brazil.
Club career Sanfilippo was born in Buenos Aires on 4 May 1935.
Sanfilippo scored his first league goal for San Lorenzo on 21 November 1953 against Banfield, and went on to score 192 league goals for them up to 1962.
In 1963, Sanfilippo moved to Boca Juniors, although in 1964 he was dismissed from the club following a disciplinary incident in a match against his former club, San Lorenzo.
Sanfilippo joined Uruguayan side Nacional in 1964, after the first round of the Copa Libertadores. He scored against Colo Colo in the only Copa match he played for the club, before getting injured in a friendly match.
As of 2026, Sanfilippo was the ninth-highest-scoring player in Argentine football.
International career At international level, Sanfilippo played for the Argentina national team in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
Death Sanfilippo died on 4 June 2026, at the age of 91.
Honours San Lorenzo Primera División: 1959, 1972 Metropolitano, 1972 Nacional
Boca Juniors Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1963
Nacional Torneo Cuadrangular: 1964
Bahia Campeonato Baiano: 1970, 1971
Argentina Pan American Games: 1955 Copa América: 1957
Individual Argentine Primera División top scorer: 1958 (28 goals), 1959 (31 goals), 1960 (34 goals), 1961 (26 goals) Copa América top scorer: 1959 Copa Libertadores top scorer: 1963 (7 goals)
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