Alfonso Negro
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| Date of birth | 27 June 1915 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York, United States | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 November 1984 (aged 69) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Florence, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1930–1933 |
Angri | ? | (?) | |||||||||||
| 1933–1934 |
Catanzaro | 23 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1934–1938 | Fiorentina | 52 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 1934–1938 |
Napoli | 25 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1942–1952 | Ercolanese | ? | (?) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1936 | Italy | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Alfonso Negro (Italian pronunciation: American-born Italian football (soccer) player, who played as a forward; he is believed to be the first American-born player in Serie A and the first American-born player to have played for Italy.[citation needed]
Club career
Born in
Catanzarese in Serie B. While at Catanzarese, he made his international debut with Italy B team against Hungary in Vercelli
.
In 1934, he transferred to
Napoli
in 1938, where he played 25 games and scored three goals.
International career
Negro was selected to play for Italy at the 1936 Olympic Games. He scored a goal against Norway and went on to win a gold medal in the tournament.[1]
Education
Negro also entered university where he played for his school team. He graduated in medicine and surgery at
Florence, Italy
on 7 November 1984.
Honours
International
- Italy
References
- ^ "Alfonso Negro". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
Sources
- "Americans in Italy at National Soccer Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Alfonso Negro at databaseOlympics.com". Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
- "US Players in Italy". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
External links
- Alfonso Negro at Olympics.com
- Alfonso Negro at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
- Alfonso Negro at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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