Aurelio Milani

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Aurelio Milani
Milani with Inter Milan in the 1963–64 season
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-05-14)14 May 1934
Place of birth Desio, Italy
Date of death 25 November 2014(2014-11-25) (aged 80)
Place of death Milan, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1950–1952 Aurora Desio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1953
Atalanta
 0 (0)
1953–1955
Fanfulla
 40 (6)
1955–1957
Simmenthal-Monza
 64 (37)
1957–1958
Triestina
 30 (17)
1958–1960
Sampdoria
 44 (14)
1960–1961 Padova 33 (18)
1961–1963
Fiorentina
 51 (23)
1963–1965
Inter
 29 (7)
1966–1967
Verbania
 8 (1)
International career
1964 Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aurelio Milani (Italian pronunciation:

Grande Inter side under manager Helenio Herrera. He was part of their European Cup victory in 1964, and with Inter, he also won the 1964–65 Serie A title, and the 1964 Intercontinental Cup.[1] He also represented the Italy national side on one occasion.[2]

A powerful player, Milani was a fast, strong, hard-working, and traditional centre-forward. He excelled in the air due to his heading accuracy, and he also possessed a powerful and accurate shot, which allowed him to be a prolific goalscorer throughout his career. He was also a generous team player, who was capable of playing with his back to goal, holding up the ball, and laying it off for teammates, providing them with assists.[1][3][4][5][6]

Club career

Early years

Milani began his career playing for the Aurora Desio youth side at the beginning of the 1950s, before being scouted by

Triestina management, and during the following season, Milani scored 17 goals in 30 Serie B appearances for the Friuli club.[1]

Serie A debut

The following season, Milani made his Serie A debut with

Bologna, which prevented him from playing for a lengthy period.[5]

Emergence in Serie A

Fiorentina, Longinotti, acquired Milani to strengthen his front-line, which featured the likes of Gianfranco Petris and Hamrin, who helped the team to capture the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup and the Coppa Italia. In his first full season with the club, Milani initially went scoreless in Serie A for the first five matches, but on the sixth match-day of the 1961–62 Serie A season, on 24 September 1961, Milani scored two goals in a 5–2 home win over Udinese. This match is also remembered as being the debut of the legendary Italian goalkeeper Dino Zoff, therefore the first two goals that he conceded in his career were scored by Milani.[7] With 22 goals, Milani finished the Serie A campaign as the joint Serie A topscorer, alongside Scudetto winner José Altafini, helping Fiorentina to a third-place finish in the league. Milani also helped Fiorentina to another European Cup Winners' Cup final that season.[1][5][6]

Inter and later career

After a negative

Dynamo Bucarest, after getting kneed in the back. As a result of the collision, one of his vertebrae was displaced, thus ending his career prematurely. During his second season at Inter, he was still able to win a second European Cup, and the Serie A title, despite only playing in 11 matches, also reaching the Coppa Italia final with Inter.[1][5]

Milani did attempt to temporarily return to football during the

Verbania in the lower Italian divisions, in Serie C, for a single season, scoring 1 goal in 8 appearances, before officially retiring.[1]

International career

Milani only earned a single cap for the Italy national football team throughout his career. This occurred on 10 May 1964, in a 3–1 away defeat to Switzerland in an international friendly in Losanna.[2][6][8]

Death

At the age of 80, Milani died in Milan on 25 November 2014.[5][6]

Honours

Club

Inter[5][6]

Fiorentina[9]

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ In 1965, Milani did not take part in any European Cup matches with Inter, due to an injury sustained at the end of the first half of the season, although he was listed as part of their European roster that season as they went on to win the trophy

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Morto Milani, attaccante della Grande Inter di Herrera" (in Italian). La Stampa. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Italy - International Matches 1960-1969". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. ^ "GdS – L'Inter piange Aurelio Milani, uomo della Grande Inter" (in Italian). SpazioInter.it. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. ^ "CALCIO ITALIANO IN LUTTO: E' MORTO AURELIO MILANI CENTRAVANTI DELLA GRANDE INTER DI H.H." zonacalciofaidate.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Aurelio Milani, morto il centravanti storico della Grande Inter" (in Italian). Il Fatto Quotidiano. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Inter: morto Aurelio Milani, il bomber di due Coppe Campioni" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Corriere dello Sport 1961 - 42 - Fascicolo: 227" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Nazionale in cifre: Milani, Aurelio". figc.it (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Il Museo Viola ricorda Milani: bomber e una Coppa delle Coppe sfiorata" (in Italian). ViolaNews.com. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Italy – Serie B Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  11. ^ Roberto Di Maggio; Igor Kramarsic; Alberto Novello (11 June 2015). "Italy - Serie A Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Top Scorer (Shared with José Altafini)
1961–62
 Succeeded by
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