Luigi Allemandi

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Luigi Allemandi
Allemandi with Juventus in 1926
Personal information
Full name Luigi Allemandi
Date of birth (1903-11-08)8 November 1903
Place of birth San Damiano Macra, Italy
Date of death 25 September 1978(1978-09-25) (aged 74)
Place of death Pietra Ligure, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1921 Legnanesi
1921–1925
Legnano
85 (22)
1925–1927 Juventus 27 (0)
1927–1935
Inter Milan
193 (0)
1935–1937
Roma
50 (1)
1937–1938
Venezia
23 (0)
1938–1939
Lazio
2 (0)
International career
1925–1936 Italy 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luigi Allemandi (Italian pronunciation:

left back. He was a member of the Italy national team which won the 1934 World Cup.[2]

Club career

Born in

Torino
being stripped of their title.

According to the official account, a manager from Torino offered Allemandi 35 000 lira to throw the game, 25 000 immediately and the rest after the match. Torino won the match 2–1, but Allemandi was one of the best players in the field, and when he went to collect the rest of the money he was refused. A journalist found out about the match fixing and went public with the information. After a controversial trial, along with Torino's title revocation, Allemandi was banned for life even though he always self-proclaimed innocent. He was later pardoned by CONI in 1928 and could play for Ambrosiana-Inter.

International career

After debuting for the

left back position from Umberto Caligaris before their 1934 World Cup qualifying match against Greece. Manager Vittorio Pozzo started him in every match of the final tournament, helping the Azzurri win the title on home soil; he later served as Italy's captain
between 1935 and 1936. He is also one of 9 players being part of both the successful campaigns.

Honours

Club

Juventus

Ambrosiana-Inter

International

Italy

References

  1. ^ "Archive – Luigi Allemandi". Inter.it. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
  2. ^ "E' morto Allemandi, terzino mondiale nel '1934" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 26 September 1978.