Romeo Menti
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 September 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Venice, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 4 May 1949 (aged 29) | ||
| Place of death | Superga, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1934–1938 |
L.R. Vicenza Virtus | 82 | (34) |
| 1938–1941 | Fiorentina | 75 | (44) |
| 1941–1943 |
Torino | 50 | (23) |
| 1944 |
→ Milan | 9 | (1) |
| 1944–1945 | → Stabia | ? | (?) |
| 1945–1946 | → Fiorentina | 18 | (7) |
| 1946–1949 |
Torino | 81 | (31) |
| International career | |||
| 1947–1949 | Italy | 7 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Romeo Menti (Italian pronunciation: Italian footballer who played as a forward. He scored 145 goals in a career that spanned fifteen years.
Career
Born in Vicenza, Menti debuted for his hometown's Serie C club in 1935, in the same stadium that was to be dedicated to him a few years later.
His older brothers Mario Menti and
A.C. Milan
. To distinguish them, Mario was known as Menti I, Umberto as Menti II, Romeo as Menti III, and Luigi as Menti IV. In some sources, Mario was ignored and Umberto and Romeo were listed as Menti I and Menti II respectively.
In 1938 he was sold to
Torino F.C. His abilities became evident also with national team, for which he received 5 caps with 7 goals.[1]
Menti played for the then almost unbeatable Torino (dubbed Lisboa.
Honours
Club
- Fiorentina
- Torino
References
- ^ "Menti, Romeo". figc.it. 5 August 2020.
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