Virgilio Levratto

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Virgilio Levratto
Personal information
Full name Virgilio Felice Levratto
Date of birth (1904-10-26)26 October 1904
Place of birth Carcare, Italy
Date of death 18 September 1968(1968-09-18) (aged 63)
Place of death Genoa, Italy
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1924
Vado
50 (53)
1924–1925
Verona
20 (15)
1925–1932
Genoa
188 (86)
1932–1934
Ambrosiana-Inter
63 (25)
1934–1936
Lazio
50 (8)
1936–1940
Savona
46 (24)
1940–1941 Stabia ? (?)
1941–1942 Cavese ? (?)
International career
1924–1928 Italy 28 (11)
Managerial career
1936–1937
Savona
1938–1939
Savona
1940–1941 Cavese
1941–1942 Stabia
1942–1943 Colleferro
1945–1947
Savona
1947–1949 Messina
1949–1951 Arsenale Messina
1951–1952
Lecce
1952–1953
Savona
1958–1959 Finale
1962–1963
Cuneo
1965–1968 Nolese
Medal record
 Italy
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1928 Amsterdam
Central European International Cup
Gold medal – first place 1927–30 Central European International Cup
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Virgilio Felice Levratto (Italian pronunciation: [virˈdʒiːljo feˈliːtʃe leˈvratto]; 26 October 1904 – 18 September 1968) was an Italian association football player and later a coach, who played as a striker.

Club career

Levratto was born in

Cavese
.

International career

With the Italy national football team, Levratto obtained 28 international caps, scoring 11 goals. He played in the 1924 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1] & won the 1927–30 Central European International Cup.

Style of play

A well-known striker with an eye for goal, Levratto was also known as "Lo Sfondareti" (The net-tearer) for his famous powerful shot.[2]

Managerial career

In the 1950s, Levratto coached Savona,

U.S. Lecce and was assistant coach for Fulvio Bernardini at ACF Fiorentina
during the 1955–56 season.

In popular culture

In 1940s, popular singers Quartetto Cetra dedicated Virgilio a song, titled "Che centrattacco!" ("What a striker!").

Honours

Club

Vado
Savona

International

Italy

References

  1. ^ "Virgilio Levratto". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Levratto, the net-tearer striker who scared the goalkeepers". 10 February 2014.

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