) was an Italian

Italy

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 football (soccer)

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 player.
Osvaldo Fattori was one of the major figures in the player transfer market after the second world war. After having been the backbone of Audace San Michele, which later gave rise to Mariolino Corso

Mario Corso

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, Fattori went to Vicenza

Vicenza Calcio

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 making his Serie A

Serie A

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 debut as the starting defensive midfielder. In 1946

Serie A 1946-47

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 he went to Sampdoria

U.C. Sampdoria

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 which acquired him (along with Bassetto

Adriano Bassetto

Adriano Bassetto was an Italian football player.Bassetto was born in Vicenza, Veneto.He was an attacking midfielder playing mainly for Sampdoria and Atalanta in Serie A during 1946–1957. He also played for Siena, Vicenza, Lucchese and Cesena. In total, he scored 149 goals in 329 appearances in...

) for a record 10 million lira (in 1942

Serie A 1942-43

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 during the war Valentino Mazzola

Valentino Mazzola

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 was acquired by Torino

Torino F.C.

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 for one million) after exhaustive bargaining with Inter

F.C. Internazionale Milano

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. He would get to Inter in the summer of 1947 after only 12 months with Sampdoria. With Inter, Fattori would stay for seven seasons winning two championships in 1953

Serie A 1952-53

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 and 1954

Serie A 1953-54

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.
He was a classy defensive midfielder that played on the right side, a little slow but very able in organizing the offensive play. He earned four caps for the national team including the win against Paraguay

Paraguay national football team

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 in the 1950 World Cup

1950 FIFA World Cup

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.