Luigi Giuliano (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luigi Giuliano | ||
Date of birth | 16 August 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Vercelli, Italy | ||
Date of death | December 1993 | ||
Place of death | Rome, Italy | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Pro Vercelli | |||
Torino | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945–1948 |
Pro Vercelli | 5 | (1) |
1948–1954 |
Torino | 125 | (12) |
1954–1962 |
Roma | 142 | (9) |
International career | |||
1955 |
Italy | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Luigi Giuliano (Italian: [luˈiːdʒi dʒuˈljaːno]; 16 August 1930 – 23 December 1993) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
He had the distinction of scoring in each of his first three
A.C. Torino. Because of a delay he had in obtaining a passport he did not join the team on its trip to Lisbon which led to the Superga air disaster
, in which the first squad perished.
His last two seasons with
Union Saint-Gilloise
and played in the final. Overall, he played for 14 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Torino and A.S. Roma (267 games, 21 goals).
International career
He played his only game for the Italy national football team on 27 November 1955 against Hungary.
External links
- Luigi Giuliano at National-Football-Teams.com