Armando Frigo

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Armando Frigo

Personal information
Date of birth	(1917-08-05)5 August 1917
Place of birth	Clinton, Indiana, United States
Date of death	10 September 1943(1943-09-10) (aged 26)
Place of death	Crkvice, Nazi Croatia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934–1939	ACIVI Vicenza	92	(36)
1939–1942	Fiorentina	46	(7)
1942–1943	Spezia	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 1942–43 season

Armando Frigo (5 August 1917 – 10 September 1943) was an Italian-American football (soccer) player who played as a midfielder. He was known as the second American-born player after Alfonso Negro to have played in Serie A.

Early life[]

Frigo was born in Clinton, Indiana, from Italian parents. When he was eight, his family decided to relocate in Vicenza, where he grew up.

Football career[]

Frigo started with his hometown team Vicenza in Serie C. He was transferred to Fiorentina for the 1937–39 season, where he played 21 games and scored five goals. He went on to play a total of 46 games and scored seven goals. At the end of the 1941-42 season, he moved on to play for Spezia in Serie B.

Death[]

Armando Frigo served as a second lieutenant in the Italian Army infantry during World War II. When Italy entered civil war following armistice with the Allies, he joined the partisans. In September 1943 he was captured by the Nazis near the town of Crkvice and shot to death. In his wallet was found his Fiorentina membership card.^[1]

References[]

• Profile at L'enciclopedia del calcio
• "US Players in Italy". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 August 2014.