Pedro Petrone

Pedro Petrone
	Pedro Petrone in 1928
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Petrone Schiavone
Date of birth	11 May 1905
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	13 December 1964 (aged 59)
Place of death	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1920–0000	Solferino Montevideo
0000–1924	Charley FC
1924–1931	Nacional
1931–1933	Fiorentina
1933–1934	Nacional
International career
1923–1930	Uruguay
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Uruguay
Olympic Games
FIFA World Cup
South American Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Petrone Schiavone (11 May 1905 – 13 December 1964) was a Uruguayan footballer who played in the role of striker. His nickname was Artillero, meaning artilleryman or gunner, in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess.

Club career

Throughout his career, Petrone played for Nacional, where he won two National Tournaments (1924, 1934), and in Italy with Fiorentina, where he played 44 games and scored 37 goals; he was the top goalscorer in Serie A during the 1931–32 season). Whilst in Italy, Petrone was timed in the hundred metres at 11 seconds and was said to be the fastest player in the League.

International career

A two-time gold medalist in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics,^[1] Petrone also won the 1930 FIFA World Cup with Uruguay. He was 19 years and 1 month old when he received the 1924 gold medal and the tournament top-goalscorer award, still remaining to this day the youngest ever football gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Games.

Petrone won 29 official caps for Uruguay, scoring 24 goals, but early non-FIFA officiated matches would bring his record to 80 caps and 36 goals. He is currently seventh (7th) in the Uruguay top-goalscorers list.