WORLD CUP
A competition
Di Stéfano did not grace
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In 1950, when Di Stéfano
was playing for Argentina, the country did not want to take part in the
World Cup. In 1954, he had gone to Spain and since he played for both Argentina
and Colombia before, FIFA declared him not eligible to play for Spain.
Di Stéfano was not granted permission to play for Spain until 1956
and make his Spanish debut, at the age of 31, in 1957.
So he could not feature in any World Cup matches
for his newly adopted country until the 1958 qualifying games. But
Spain did not qualify for the 1958 World Cup. When he finally got
his chance in 1962, he was injured. In 1966, Di Stéfano was
already 40 years old and therefore ended up not playing a single game in
the soccer's greatest competition.
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