Ernesto Castano
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ernesto Castano | ||
Date of birth | 2 May 1939 | ||
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[]
- ^ Ernesto Castano at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "La storia". assocalciatori.it (in Italian). Associazione Italiana Calciatori. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- 1939 births
- Living people
- People from Cinisello Balsamo
- Italian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Italy international footballers
- A.C. Legnano players
- U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players
- Juventus F.C. players
- UEFA Euro 1968 players
- UEFA European Championship-winning players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Italian football defender stubs