Ernesto Castano

Ernesto Castano

Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Castano
Date of birth	(1939-05-02) 2 May 1939 (age 82)
Place of birth	Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Balsamese
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956–1957	Legnano	26	(0)
1957–1958	Triestina	31	(0)
1958–1970	Juventus	265	(0)
Total		322	(0)
National team
1959–1969	Italy	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ernesto Castano (Italian pronunciation: [erˈnɛsto ˈkastano];^{[citation needed]} born 2 May 1939) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Throughout his club career he played for Legnano, Triestina, and Juventus, winning domestic titles at the latter club. At international level, he was a member of the Italy national team that won UEFA Euro 1968.

Club career[]

Castano was born in Cinisello Balsamo in the Province of Milan. He played club football for three Italian clubs throughout his career: Legnano, Triestina, and most prominently with Juventus, where he won several domestic titles, also serving as the team's captain.

International career[]

At international level, Castano also played for the Italy national team on seven occasions between 1959 and 1969, winning the 1968 UEFA European Championship on home soil.^[1]

Outside of football[]

On 3 July 1968, Castano founded the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC), in Milan, along with several fellow footballers, such as Giacomo Bulgarelli, Sandro Mazzola, Gianni Rivera, Giancarlo De Sisti, and Giacomo Losi, as well as the recently retired Sergio Campana, also a lawyer, who was appointed president of the association.^[2]

Honours[]

Juventus

• Coppa Italia: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65
• Serie A 1959–60, 1960–61, 1966–67

Italy

• UEFA European Football Championship: 1968

References[]

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