Luigi Giuliano (footballer)

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Luigi Giuliano
Giuliano wearing the Torino uniform
Personal information
Full name Luigi Giuliano
Date of birth (1930-08-16)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+12 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.

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