Jorge Griffa

{{Short description|Argentine footballer (1935–2024)}}

{{family name hatnote|Griffa|Monferoni|lang=Spanish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jorge Griffa

| image = Jorge_Griffa_Tapa_El_Gr%C3%A1fico_N%C2%B0_1939.jpg

| caption = Griffa in 1956

| full_name = Jorge Bernardo Griffa Monferoni

| birth_date =  {{birth date|1935|5|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Casilda, Santa Fe, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|1|15|1935|5|7|df=y}}

| death_place = Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

| height =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1954–1959

| clubs1 = Newell's Old Boys

| caps1 = 92

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1959–1969

| clubs2 = Atlético Madrid

| caps2 = 227

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 1969–1971

| clubs3 = Espanyol

| caps3 = 24

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1959

| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Jorge Bernardo Griffa Monferoni (7 May 1935 – 15 January 2024) was an Argentine footballer. A defender, he spent most of his career in Spain, playing mostly for Atlético Madrid, but after retiring, he decided to go back home to Newell's Old Boys and he began coaching its youth teams. Griffa was part of the Argentina squad that won the Copa América in 1959.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/59-1safull.html rsssf: 1959 (A) Copa América squads]

Jorge Griffa died in Rosario on 15 January 2024, at the age of 88.[https://www.marca.com/futbol/atletico/2024/01/15/65a59ca022601da43e8b45c4.html Muere a los 88 años Jorge Griffa, histórico defensa del Atlético] {{in lang|es}}

Honours

Atlético Madrid{{cite web|url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j6055.html|title=Jorge Bernardo Griffa Monferoni - BDFutbol}}

Argentina

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