Felice Borel
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Felice Placido Borel II | ||
Date of birth | 5 April 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Nice, France | ||
Date of death | 21 February 1993 (aged 78) | ||
Place of death | Turin, Italy | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1932–1941 | Juventus | 205 | (119) |
1941–1942 |
Torino | 25 | (7) |
1942–1946 | Juventus | 75 | (24) |
1946–1947 |
US Alessandria | 1 | (0) |
1948–1949 |
Napoli | 1 | (0) |
Total | 307 | (150) | |
International career | |||
1933–1934 |
Italy | 3 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1942–1946 | Juventus | ||
1946–1947 |
Alessandria | ||
1948–1949 |
Napoli | ||
1954 | Cenisia (technical director) | ||
1954–1956 | Fossanese | ||
1958–1959 | Catania (technical director) | ||
1966–1967 | Ternana | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Felice Placido Borel (Italian pronunciation:
Club career
Borel was born in
He scored 158 goals for Juventus, winning three
He still holds the record for most goals, in winning the Capocannoniere/Top scorer title, in Serie A while playing for Juventus with 31 goals. Allthough Ferenc Hirzer still holds the record for most goals in winning the Capocannoniere/Top scorer title, in the Best Italian League while playing for Juventus with 35 goals (in only 24 matches) but then it was called Prima Divisione.
International career
Borel made three appearances for the
Style of play
Nicknamed farfallino ("little butterfly," in Italian), Borel usually played as a centre-forward, and is regarded as one of Italy's and Juventus's greatest forwards of all time. He was known for his speed, movement, shooting, goalscoring, dribbling, team-play, and technical ability. In his later career he usually played as an inside forward or mezzala, or even as an offensive–minded central midfielder. Despite his ability, however, he was also injury prone.[2][3][5]
After retirement
During the 1958–59 season, he was technical director of
Personal life
Felice's older brother Aldo Borel played football professionally, spending 10 seasons in the Serie A, and their father Ernesto Borel played for OGC Nice, AS Cannes and Juventus in the 1900s and 1910s, and later also served as a manager. To distinguish the brothers, Aldo was known as Borel I and Felice - as Borel II.[3]
Honours
International
Individual
- Serie A Top-scorer: 1932–33 (29 goals), 1933–34 (31 goals)[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Borel, Felice Placido" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Caminiti, Vladimiro. "BOREL Felice Placido: il volo di Farfallino" (in Italian). storiedicalcio. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Bedeschi, Stefano (1 April 2019). "Gli eroi in bianconero: Felice Placido BOREL" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Nazionale in cifre: Borel, Felice" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ Garanzini, Gigi. "BOREL, Felice Placido" (in Italian). Treccani: Enciclopedia del Calcio (2002). Retrieved 19 May 2020.