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Uruguay Gustavo Graffigna Banhoffer, also known as Uri Banhoffer or Yuri Banhoffer (14 January 1948 – 12 March 2021), was a Uruguayan footballer who played for clubs in Uruguay, Chile, the Netherlands and the United States.

He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, and Alzheimer's disease.

Career

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Graffigna moved to Chile in 1968 after playing for Defensor Sporting in his homeland. He helped Unión San Felipe win the 1971 Primera División title and after a spell with Antofagasta, he moved to Mexico to play for C.F. Pachuca.

Graffigna played two seasons in the NASL for the Los Angeles Aztecs and won the championship in 1974. He next moved to the Netherlands where he joined Eerste Divisie club PEC Zwolle. Graffigna spent three seasons with PEC, and had a goal disallowed as the club lost the 1976–77 KNVB Cup final to FC Twente. In 1978 he clinched promotion to Holland's top level after winning the Eerste Divisie league title. He left for Chile in 1979 after his father died there and to be close to his mother.

Personal life

He naturalized Chilean in 2015, keeping the Uruguayan nationality.

In 1968, he came to Chile to join Unión La Calera where his older brother, Pedro Graffigna, played since 1966.

He lived in Quillota, Chile.

References

1. A los 73 años falleció Uruguay Graffigna, ídolo de San Luis de Quillota Archived 14 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
2. Leal, Patricio (5 July 2004). "Garra y talento futboleros" (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Valparaíso.
3. van Enckevort, John (28 October 2013). "Great seasons: Union San Felipe (Chile) 1971". Soccer Stories.
4. Levin, Dan (2 September 1974). "The penalty for success". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014.
5. "Banhoffer, opgewonden standje in Zwolle" (in Dutch). De Stentor. 6 July 2010.
6. "José Graffigna: Wereldburger en zoon van Yuri Banhoffer" (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
7. "In Memoriam: Yuri Banhoffer" (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
8. Yuri Banhoffer blijft voor altijd verbonden aan PEC Zwolle - De Stentor (in Dutch)
9. ^ Morales Salinas, Claudio (17 April 2015). "Uruguay Graffigna ya es chileno: el querido ex futbolista obtuvo la doble nacionalidad". SoyChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
10. "Pedro GRAFFIGNA". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.

External links

• Uri Banhoffer at North American Soccer League Players
• Uri Banhoffer at North American Soccer League

• 1948 births
• 2021 deaths
• Footballers from Montevideo
• Men's association football forwards
• Uruguayan men's footballers
• El Tanque Sisley players
• San Luis de Quillota footballers
• Unión San Felipe footballers
• Unión Española footballers
• C.F. Pachuca players
• Atlético Español F.C. footballers
• C.D. Aviación footballers
• Los Angeles Aztecs players
• PEC Zwolle players
• Santiago Morning footballers
• Deportes Iberia footballers
• Uruguayan Segunda División players
• Chilean Primera División players
• Primera B de Chile players
• Liga MX players
• Eerste Divisie players
• North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
• Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
• Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
• Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile
• Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
• Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
• Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
• Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
• Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
• Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in the United States
• Uruguayan emigrants to Chile
• Naturalized citizens of Chile
• Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
• 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen