A.C. Monza Brianza 1912
Encyclopedia
Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912 is an Italian football
club based in Monza
, Lombardy
.
Founded in 1912, Monza currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group A, having last been in Serie B
in 2000. Monza spent the last few years in Serie C1
and Serie C2
.
It wasn't the merger of two clubs as commonly believed just because those teams Pro Monza and Pro Italia (both born in 1910) merged becoming the football section of a cycling team called Veloce Club Monzese which met Monza F.C. a couple of times always as winners.
The club's first win came on 15 September 1912 against Juventus Italia of Milan
. The setting for the game was outside the town limits at Triante (Monza's west suburbs) commonly called "out doors", a pitch lent from the Township. There Monza F.C. played many friendly matches including the Colli’s Cup. Monza won the Cup with a score of 3 to 2, defeating Saronno F.C. in the final.
When at the end of 1912–13 season that football section abandoned the V.C.M. for unknown reasons, they changed name in Pro Monza and asked Monza F.C. for merging with them and another team called Juventus (the football team of a gymnic monzese association called S.G.M. Forti e Liberi).
The merged club took the name of Associazione Calcio Monza, or commonly known as A.C. Monza.
A.C. Monza entered the Italian Football Federation (F.I.G.C.) and debuted in the league system in the Terza Categoria
(the lower level) in the season 1913–14, where they won third place in their section. After changing pitch in 1914 they entered the upper level, the top Lombardy's league called Promozione
, where they finished in 6th.
Monza had been promoted top division (Prima Categoria, first category) in 1919–20 after ending 2nd the Promozione finals, top level they played up to 1922. Relegated in Division 2 because of important changes in F.I.G.C. championships, was promoted to Prima Divisione (Division 1) (2nd level of Italian championships) at the end of 1926/27. Challenged several times the top charts and failed promotion after entering Prima Divisione finals in 1934–35.
In the 1932/33 season, Monza adopted its current colours, red and white.
In 1949, Monza’s president Giuseppe Borghi goes on a spending spree, bringing in twelve players of value. He also hired Annibale Frossi
as manager, a member of the Italian squad during their victory at the 1936 Olympics
. On 4 June 1951, a 1–0 victory allows their promotion to the Serie B
and the supporters exploded with unrestrainable and passionate enthusiasm.
During the difficult championship of the 1954–55 season bursts a managing crisis that puts Monza in the hands of Claudio Sada, owner of the A.C. Simmenthal (Simmenthal was a famous Italian corned beef cannery). A.C. Monza merged with Simmenthal in 1956 becoming A.S. Simmenthal Monza. In 1962 Monza celebrates fifty years of its existence, while two years after, on 28 May, the president of Simmenthal Monza leaves an official notice in which it announces the abandonment of the group as sponsor. On 8 July the mayor, Giovanni Centemero, asks Sada to stay and the president remains the guide for another year.
The sad summer of 1966 coincides with necessary rebuilding. The team is demoted to the Serie C
after 19 years in the Serie B
. The new players are younger, and with a fury of victories the team makes sure to regain promotion. In the final match against Como
, the decisive game is played in Bergamo
and Monza win on a goal by Maggioni. After one year they return to the Serie B
.
In the 1969–70 season, Monza approached promotion to the Serie A
under coach Gigi Radice. With two matches left, the biancorossi were within two points of promotion, behind Foggia
, Catania
and Varese
. At the last game it was down to Varese and the "brianzoli". A loss to Taranto
sealed Monza's fate. Monza is consoled only with the numbers: 11 wins at home, 15 total, with only one defeat standing between them and promotion. Goalkeeper Luciano Castellini
was scored on only 7 times at home, with 19 goals against in the entire season.
In the 1972–73 season, a man who will become one of the more loved presidents of Monza, Giovanni Cappelletti, was hired. Cappelletti was a well-known industrial man and soccer player. A new era is born, led by Cappelletti and Italo Allodi, considered the prototype of the modern general manager. The field players are of high quality, but the mechanism jams in the demotion playoff. A trip to Bari
ends in a 3 to 1 defeat on the last day, sentencing the Monza to the Serie C
. Cappelletti does not throw in the towel and returns to lead the team again.
The Monza played its first Italy's Cup of series C on 29 June 1974 to the "Porta Elisa" of Lucca, against Lecce. It ended 1 to 0 with a goal of Di Somma and the trophy comes delivered in the hands of the red and white captain Anzolin. The Monza twices win in the edition 1974/1975, defeating the Sorrento on 29 June 1975. The trophy was ended by the penalties. It finishes 4 to 3 with the final goal of Sanseverino. The following championship is one a real run wild. Monza wants to return in serie B and adjudicates the pass for the series B with five turns of advance payment. The look is turned to the final of the Anglo-Italian's Cup. Adversary is the Wimbledon, club strongly physically, the Monza does not let to intimidate, and Casagrande firms the goal of the ko that worths the win of the prestigious trophy.
The 1976–77 season coincided with the first great illusion red and white. The Monza faced the B series with the label of "matriculation", but it very soon became one of the protagonists, to the par of blasonate formations like the Vicenza of Paolo Rossi and the Cagliari of Virdis. The defeat for 2 to 1 suffered in Modena preclude of a breath the play-off with Atalanta, Cagliari and Pescara. To the Monza the lean consolation of the score remains previously record (48 points) never caught up between the cadets. The Obstinate mister Alfredo Magni, reconfirmed to the guide, in the 1978/79 maintains the Monza in the high quarters of classifies; an incredible one "harakiri" to the "Sada" in the match against Lecce (0–1) prevents to the Monza the promotion directed in Serie A. Pescara trip up the Monza to the third party place and obtain the access at the final match on the neutral stadium of Bologna. The "abruzzesi", followed to Bologna by almost thirty thousand supporters, strike the biancorossi. It was the last time that Monza and his supporter cherish a dream called Serie A.
Season 1980–81 marked the advent of Valentino Giambelli
that took over the presidency from Cappelletti. The Monza began badly and ended worse: an irreversible crisis will carry it straight in the abyss of series C. After only one year, Monza returns in the serie B. The Calcio Monza to the penultimate day guarantees the return between the cadets storming Trieste. On the wings of the promotion it comes confirmed in park bench
mister Franco Fontana, but the 1982/83 season was a very hard championship with team like Milan and Lazio. The mathematical salvation only arrives to the last day with the 2 to 2 of Bologna. In the 1986/87 there is space for the champions of the future: Alessandro Costacurta and Pierluigi Casiraghi. With Piero Frosio like mister, the Monza finds the return in serie B in the 87/88. Brianzoli unstoppable: they center the promotion and they conquer also the third Italy's Cup of Serie C. In the delirium of the "Sada" Palermo in china for 2 to 1. The end is also the last match played in the old stadium. The following year the Monza is moved in the newest Brianteo stadium.
In the season 2010-11 from Lega Pro Prima Divisione relegated in the play out to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, but rescued in place of Alessandria
relegated for sports judgement.
(2nd regional level)
Samir Beloufa
Jean-François Gillet
Marko Topić
Adrian Madaschi
Enzo Concina
Dario Smoje
Patrice Evra
Willy Aubameyang
Amadou Samb
Christian Abbiati
Angelo Anquilletti
Francesco Antonioli
Antonino Asta
Evaristo Beccalossi
Ruben Buriani
Pierluigi Casiraghi Luca Castellazzi
Umberto Colombo
Alessandro Costacurta
Luigi Di Biagio
Maurizio Ganz
Mark Iuliano
Daniele Massaro
Carlo Nervo
Massimo Oddo
Claudio Sala
Nevio Scala Michele Serena
Giovanni Stroppa
Paolo Todeschini
Mario Trebbi
Zizi Roberts
Mohammed Aliyu
Football in Italy
Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...
club based in Monza
Monza
Monza is a city and comune on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15 km north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.On June...
, Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
.
Founded in 1912, Monza currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group A, having last been in Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
in 2000. Monza spent the last few years in Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
and Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
.
History
Monza was founded on 1 September 1912. The club took the name of Monza Foot-Ball Club and adopted the blue and white colours.It wasn't the merger of two clubs as commonly believed just because those teams Pro Monza and Pro Italia (both born in 1910) merged becoming the football section of a cycling team called Veloce Club Monzese which met Monza F.C. a couple of times always as winners.
The club's first win came on 15 September 1912 against Juventus Italia of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
. The setting for the game was outside the town limits at Triante (Monza's west suburbs) commonly called "out doors", a pitch lent from the Township. There Monza F.C. played many friendly matches including the Colli’s Cup. Monza won the Cup with a score of 3 to 2, defeating Saronno F.C. in the final.
When at the end of 1912–13 season that football section abandoned the V.C.M. for unknown reasons, they changed name in Pro Monza and asked Monza F.C. for merging with them and another team called Juventus (the football team of a gymnic monzese association called S.G.M. Forti e Liberi).
The merged club took the name of Associazione Calcio Monza, or commonly known as A.C. Monza.
A.C. Monza entered the Italian Football Federation (F.I.G.C.) and debuted in the league system in the Terza Categoria
Terza Categoria
Terza Categoria is the name of the lowest level of "amateur" football in Italy. It is considered to be the 10th and lowest level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Terza Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in the Seconda...
(the lower level) in the season 1913–14, where they won third place in their section. After changing pitch in 1914 they entered the upper level, the top Lombardy's league called Promozione
Promozione
Promozione is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 7th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level...
, where they finished in 6th.
Monza had been promoted top division (Prima Categoria, first category) in 1919–20 after ending 2nd the Promozione finals, top level they played up to 1922. Relegated in Division 2 because of important changes in F.I.G.C. championships, was promoted to Prima Divisione (Division 1) (2nd level of Italian championships) at the end of 1926/27. Challenged several times the top charts and failed promotion after entering Prima Divisione finals in 1934–35.
In the 1932/33 season, Monza adopted its current colours, red and white.
In 1949, Monza’s president Giuseppe Borghi goes on a spending spree, bringing in twelve players of value. He also hired Annibale Frossi
Annibale Frossi
Annibale Frossi was an Italian footballer.Frossi is perhaps best known for wearing correctional glasses during his playing years after suffering from myopia from when he was a child...
as manager, a member of the Italian squad during their victory at the 1936 Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
. On 4 June 1951, a 1–0 victory allows their promotion to the Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
and the supporters exploded with unrestrainable and passionate enthusiasm.
During the difficult championship of the 1954–55 season bursts a managing crisis that puts Monza in the hands of Claudio Sada, owner of the A.C. Simmenthal (Simmenthal was a famous Italian corned beef cannery). A.C. Monza merged with Simmenthal in 1956 becoming A.S. Simmenthal Monza. In 1962 Monza celebrates fifty years of its existence, while two years after, on 28 May, the president of Simmenthal Monza leaves an official notice in which it announces the abandonment of the group as sponsor. On 8 July the mayor, Giovanni Centemero, asks Sada to stay and the president remains the guide for another year.
The sad summer of 1966 coincides with necessary rebuilding. The team is demoted to the Serie C
Serie C
The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
after 19 years in the Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
. The new players are younger, and with a fury of victories the team makes sure to regain promotion. In the final match against Como
Como Calcio 1907
Calcio Como S.r.l. are an Italian football club, based in Como. The club was founded in 1907. The team's color is blue.Como have last been in Serie A in 2002–03; this was followed by three consecutive relegations that brought the team down in Serie C2 at the end of the season 2004–05 after having...
, the decisive game is played in Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...
and Monza win on a goal by Maggioni. After one year they return to the Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
.
In the 1969–70 season, Monza approached promotion to the Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
under coach Gigi Radice. With two matches left, the biancorossi were within two points of promotion, behind Foggia
U.S. Foggia
Unione Sportiva Foggia is an Italian football club, based in Foggia, Puglia. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie A in 1995....
, Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
and Varese
A.S. Varese 1910
A.S. Varese 1910 is an Italian football club from Varese, founded 22 March 1910. It currently plays in Serie B, ranked one division below Serie A in the Italian football league.-History:...
. At the last game it was down to Varese and the "brianzoli". A loss to Taranto
Taranto Sport
A.S. Taranto Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. The club was founded in 1904. Taranto currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie B in 1993. The team's colors are red and blue.-History:...
sealed Monza's fate. Monza is consoled only with the numbers: 11 wins at home, 15 total, with only one defeat standing between them and promotion. Goalkeeper Luciano Castellini
Luciano Castellini
Luciano Castellini is a retired Italian football goalkeeper.Castellini was born in Milan. He was in the Italy national football team squad in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He earned the only cap in his career in 1977....
was scored on only 7 times at home, with 19 goals against in the entire season.
In the 1972–73 season, a man who will become one of the more loved presidents of Monza, Giovanni Cappelletti, was hired. Cappelletti was a well-known industrial man and soccer player. A new era is born, led by Cappelletti and Italo Allodi, considered the prototype of the modern general manager. The field players are of high quality, but the mechanism jams in the demotion playoff. A trip to Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
ends in a 3 to 1 defeat on the last day, sentencing the Monza to the Serie C
Serie C
The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
. Cappelletti does not throw in the towel and returns to lead the team again.
The Monza played its first Italy's Cup of series C on 29 June 1974 to the "Porta Elisa" of Lucca, against Lecce. It ended 1 to 0 with a goal of Di Somma and the trophy comes delivered in the hands of the red and white captain Anzolin. The Monza twices win in the edition 1974/1975, defeating the Sorrento on 29 June 1975. The trophy was ended by the penalties. It finishes 4 to 3 with the final goal of Sanseverino. The following championship is one a real run wild. Monza wants to return in serie B and adjudicates the pass for the series B with five turns of advance payment. The look is turned to the final of the Anglo-Italian's Cup. Adversary is the Wimbledon, club strongly physically, the Monza does not let to intimidate, and Casagrande firms the goal of the ko that worths the win of the prestigious trophy.
The 1976–77 season coincided with the first great illusion red and white. The Monza faced the B series with the label of "matriculation", but it very soon became one of the protagonists, to the par of blasonate formations like the Vicenza of Paolo Rossi and the Cagliari of Virdis. The defeat for 2 to 1 suffered in Modena preclude of a breath the play-off with Atalanta, Cagliari and Pescara. To the Monza the lean consolation of the score remains previously record (48 points) never caught up between the cadets. The Obstinate mister Alfredo Magni, reconfirmed to the guide, in the 1978/79 maintains the Monza in the high quarters of classifies; an incredible one "harakiri" to the "Sada" in the match against Lecce (0–1) prevents to the Monza the promotion directed in Serie A. Pescara trip up the Monza to the third party place and obtain the access at the final match on the neutral stadium of Bologna. The "abruzzesi", followed to Bologna by almost thirty thousand supporters, strike the biancorossi. It was the last time that Monza and his supporter cherish a dream called Serie A.
Season 1980–81 marked the advent of Valentino Giambelli
Valentino Giambelli
Valentino Giambelli is an ex Italian Footballer and businessman, chairman of A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 from 1980 to 2000.-Football Life:...
that took over the presidency from Cappelletti. The Monza began badly and ended worse: an irreversible crisis will carry it straight in the abyss of series C. After only one year, Monza returns in the serie B. The Calcio Monza to the penultimate day guarantees the return between the cadets storming Trieste. On the wings of the promotion it comes confirmed in park bench
Bench (furniture)
A bench is a piece of furniture, on which several people may sit at the same time. Benches are typically made of wood, but may also be made of metal, stone, or synthetic materials. Many benches have arm and back rests; some have no back rest and can be sat on from either side. In public areas,...
mister Franco Fontana, but the 1982/83 season was a very hard championship with team like Milan and Lazio. The mathematical salvation only arrives to the last day with the 2 to 2 of Bologna. In the 1986/87 there is space for the champions of the future: Alessandro Costacurta and Pierluigi Casiraghi. With Piero Frosio like mister, the Monza finds the return in serie B in the 87/88. Brianzoli unstoppable: they center the promotion and they conquer also the third Italy's Cup of Serie C. In the delirium of the "Sada" Palermo in china for 2 to 1. The end is also the last match played in the old stadium. The following year the Monza is moved in the newest Brianteo stadium.
In the season 2010-11 from Lega Pro Prima Divisione relegated in the play out to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, but rescued in place of Alessandria
U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912
Unione Sportiva Alessandria Calcio 1912 is the professional Italian football club based in Alessandria, Piedmont.In the current season, it plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group A.- Brief history :...
relegated for sports judgement.
Divisional movements
A.C. Monza was included before World War One in the Lombard championship of PromozionePromozione
Promozione is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 7th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level...
(2nd regional level)
- 1919–20: Promotion to Lombard championship of Prima CategoriaPrima CategoriaPrima Categoria is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the eighth level in the Italian football league system and is organized by the National Amateur League by the Regional Committees. Each individual league winner within the Prima Categoria level progresses to their...
(1st regional level) - 1922: A league's pyramid reform transforms regional first level into second national level, called Seconda Divisione and belonging to Northern League
- 1926: A league's pyramid reform relegates minor clubs of Northern League into new Lower Directory organizing third pyramid's level, called Seconda Divisione Nord
- 1926–27: Promotion to Higher Directorys Prima Divisione NordPrima DivisionePrima Divisione was the name of the first level of the Italian Football Championship from 1921 to 1926. The competition was initially founded in opposition to the FIGC by the richest clubs of Northern Italy, which disagreed the old format of the championship, based on plethoric regional groups...
(2nd level) - 1928Leandro ArpinatiLeandro Arpinati was an Italian politician.Arpinati was born at Civitella di Romagna. Before World War I, he was originally an individualist-anarchist and, together with his friend Benito Mussolini, collaborated with the socialist newspaper La lotta di classe. He was a fervid interventionist as...
: A league's pyramid reform plans demotion of Prima Divisione Nord to national third level, which will become Prima Divisione, Serie C from 1935/36Serie CThe Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino... - 1940–41: Relegation to regional championships of Prima Divisione (4th level)
- 1941–42: Promotion to Serie C
- 1950–51: Promotion to Serie BSerie BSerie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
- 1965–66: Relegation to Serie C
- 1966–67: Promotion to Serie B
- 1972–73: Relegation to Serie C
- 1975–76: Promotion to Serie B
- 1980–81: Relegation to Serie C1
- 1981–82: Promotion to Serie B
- 1985–86: Relegation to Serie C1
- 1987–88: Promotion to Serie B
- 1989–90: Relegation to Serie C1
- 1991–92: Promotion to Serie B
- 1993–94: Relegation to Serie C1
- 1996–97: Promotion to Serie B
- 2000–01: Relegation to Serie C1
- 2001–02: Relegation to Serie C2
- 2004–05: Promotion to Serie C1
- 2010-11: Relegation to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, but rescued
Current squad
Notable former players
This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.Samir Beloufa
Samir Beloufa
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Jean-François Gillet
Jean-François Gillet
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Marko Topić
Marko Topic
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Adrian Madaschi
Adrian Madaschi
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Enzo Concina
Enzo Concina
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Dario Smoje
Dario Smoje
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Patrice Evra
Patrice Evra
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Willy Aubameyang
Willy Aubameyang
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Amadou Samb
Amadou Samb
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Christian Abbiati
Christian Abbiati
Christian Abbiati is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan.-Milan:His debut in Serie A came on January 17, 1999 as a 92nd-minute substitute for Sebastiano Rossi...
Angelo Anquilletti
Angelo Anquilletti
Angelo Anquilletti is a former Italian football defender.Started his career in Serie D with Solbiatese. In 1964 he played with Atalanta in Serie A and from 1966 to 1976 played for AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 1969. Close his career with Monza in Serie B...
Francesco Antonioli
Francesco Antonioli
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Antonino Asta
Antonino Asta
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Evaristo Beccalossi
Evaristo Beccalossi
Evaristo Beccalossi is an Italian footballer best known for his career at Inter Milan. He was a left-footed playmaker.Originally from Brescia, he became a favorite of the Inter Milan fans, where he spent the majority of his career, from 1978–79 to 1983–84...
Ruben Buriani
Ruben Buriani
Ruben Buriani is a former Italian football midfielder.He played 7 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan, A.C. Cesena, A.S. Roma and S.S.C. Napoli....
Pierluigi Casiraghi Luca Castellazzi
Luca Castellazzi
Luca Castellazzi is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Internazionale.-Early career:He started his career at Monza. He then spent time in Serie B, Serie C1 and Serie C2 with Padova and Pescara, before joining Brescia along with Vincenzo Mazzeo.-Brescia:Castellazzi...
Umberto Colombo
Umberto Colombo (footballer)
Umberto Colombo is a retired Italian professional football player.-External links:*...
Alessandro Costacurta
Alessandro Costacurta
Alessandro "Billy" Costacurta is an Italian former professional football defender turned manager.Costacurta spent some twenty years at Milan, with a brief period spent in AC Monza on loan. He is best known for his role alongside Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini and Mauro Tassotti, forming one of the...
Luigi Di Biagio
Luigi Di Biagio
Luigi Di Biagio , is an Italian former football defensive midfielder, who last played for Ascoli Calcio 1898 .Di Biagio was born in Rome. Prior to joining Ascoli, he played for Lazio , Monza , Foggia , Roma , Internazionale , and Brescia Calcio . He was capped 31 times for Italy, scoring two goals...
Maurizio Ganz
Maurizio Ganz
Maurizio Ganz is a former Italian football striker.-Club career:Ganz started his career at Sampdoria in 1985. He later helped Parma to promotion from Serie B in 1989-90 season. When he played for Inter Milan, Ganz scored 36 goals from 68 appearances and was a feared goalscorer.Ganz moved to AC...
Mark Iuliano
Mark Iuliano
Mark Iuliano is a former Italian football defender, who spent the bulk of his career with Italian powerhouse, Juventus FC, in the Italian Serie A.-Salernitana Calcio 1919:...
Daniele Massaro
Daniele Massaro
Daniele Massaro is a former Italian football forward. He was a member of the Italian squad that won the FIFA World Cup held in Spain in 1982....
Carlo Nervo
Carlo Nervo
Carlo Nervo is an Italian professional footballer who played for Bologna, Monza, Mantova, Bassano Virtus and Catanzaro, as well as for the Italian national side.-External links:*...
Massimo Oddo
Massimo Oddo
Massimo Oddo, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Lecce, on loan from Milan. He was part of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...
Claudio Sala
Claudio Sala
Claudio Sala is a former Italian association football player and current commentator.He made his debut for Monza, later moving to Napoli, Torino and Genoa...
Nevio Scala Michele Serena
Michele Serena
Michele Serena is an Italian former football defender and current manager of Spezia.- Player :Serena started his playing career with Mestre of Serie C2, then become Venezia following a merger. He was signed by Juventus in 1989, and made four league appearances with the bianconeri...
Giovanni Stroppa
Giovanni Stroppa
Giovanni Stroppa is an Italian former football midfielder turned manager. He is currently in charge as head coach of Südtirol-Alto Adige.-Playing career :...
Paolo Todeschini
Paolo Todeschini
Paolo Todeschini was an Italian professional footballer, who played as a midfielder, and football manager.- External links :* at MagliaRossonera.it * at FootballDatabase.eu...
Mario Trebbi
Mario Trebbi
Mario Trebbi is a former Italian football player and coach.He played 10 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan and A.C. Torino.He earned 2 caps for the Italy national football team....
Zizi Roberts
Zizi Roberts
Kolubah "Zizi" Roberts is a former Liberian football player.Roberts began his professional career in 1996 at the age of 17 and has since played for eight different teams in Liberia, Switzerland, Greece, and Italy. At one time, he was on the books of A.C...
Mohammed Aliyu
Mohammed Aliyu Datti
Mohammed Aliyu Datti is a Nigerian football player, he currently plays for Dessel Sport.- Career :He joined in summer 2008 from Belgium club R.A.E.C. Mons back to Nigeria and signed with Niger Tornadoes F.C.....