Giovanni Giacomazzi was an Italian

Italy

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 football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player.
Giovanni Giacomazzi was one of five players that played every game for Italy at the 1954 World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game...

 (the others being Lorenzi

Benito Lorenzi

Benito "Veleno" Lorenzi was an Italian football player born in Borgo a Buggiano, province of Pistoia. He played as a striker....

, Nesti

Fulvio Nesti

Fulvio Nesti was an Italian footballer.During his club career he played for ACF Fiorentina, S.S. Scafatese Calcio 1922, SPAL 1907, F.C. Internazionale Milano, and A.C. Prato. He earned 5 caps and scored 1 goal for the Italian national team from 1953 to 1954, and participated in the 1954 FIFA World...

, Pandolfini

Egisto Pandolfini

Egisto Pandolfini is an Italian retired footballer.He played for 12 seasons in the Serie A for ACF Fiorentina, A.S. Roma, F.C. Internazionale Milano and SPAL 1907....

 and Tognon

Omero Tognon

Omero Tognon is an Italian retired football player.Born in Padua, Tognon was a solid center midfielder for Milan during the 1940s and 1950s. Tognon played eleven seasons with Milan making 335 appearances preceded only by Gianni Rivera, Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Billy Costacurta, Mauro...

). He rose the ranks quickly having in one year gone from Serie D

Serie D

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 to Inter

F.C. Internazionale Milano

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 and staying there for eight seasons. A classic player, humble and hard working always giving 110% of himself. Strong, bold, and determined in only a year he earned the starting spot of the #3 shirt. Soon he formed the central part of a defense strong enough to win two championships (in 1953

Serie A 1952-53

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 and 1954

Serie A 1953-54

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) and earn a call up to the national team. With the 'Azzurri' he took part in the 1954 World Cup and won eight consecutive caps from 1954-1955.
As a veteran player he went to 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 :...

 where he played three seasons in 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...

 and four in Serie B

Serie B

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 along with a talented youngster in Gianni Rivera

Gianni Rivera

Giovanni Rivera is an Italian former football midfielder, mostly as an offensive playmaker, who was awarded the Ballon d'Or, one of the most prestigious individual awards in football, in 1969. He played the majority of his career with Serie A side A.C. Milan...

.