Giacomo Mari
![]() Mari with Juventus in 1951 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Giacomo Mari | ||
Date of birth | 17 October 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Vescovato, Kingdom of Italy | ||
Date of death | 16 October 1991 | (aged 66)||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1942–1946 | Cremonese | 23 | (0) |
1946–1949 | Atalanta | 83 | (8) |
1949–1953 | Juventus | 132 | (9) |
1953–1956 | Sampdoria | 72 | (3) |
1956–1960 | Padova | 120 | (3) |
1960–1961 | Cremonese | 28 | (1) |
Total | 458 | (24) | |
National team | |||
1948–1954 | Italy | 8 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1961–1962 | Calcio Padova | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Giacomo Mari (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo ˈmaːri]; 17 October 1924 – 16 October 1991) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career[]
After three years of breaking in at Atalanta in his early career, Mari played four seasons with Juventus, winning two Serie A championships, playing alongside the great Carlo Parola. Before the 1954 World Cup, he went to Sampdoria and then concluded playing in Serie A with Padova.
International career[]
Giacomo Mari is one of five Italian players (the others are Giampiero Boniperti, Gino Cappello, Ermes Muccinelli and Egisto Pandolfini) that played for Italy in both the 1950 and 1954 World Cups. With the Italian national team, he debuted at the 1948 London Olympics, against Paraguay;[1] he also featured against Switzerland at the 1954 World Cup.
Style of play[]
A tireless runner, Giacomo Mari was a classic halfback, waiting in the folds of midfield ready to halt the attack of the opposing forwards and wings.
References[]
- ^ "Giacomo Mari". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
External links[]
- 1924 births
- 1991 deaths
- Italian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- U.S. Cremonese players
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- Juventus F.C. players
- Atalanta B.C. players
- Calcio Padova players
- Serie A players
- Olympic footballers of Italy
- Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Italy international footballers
- 1950 FIFA World Cup players
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- Italian football managers
- Calcio Padova managers
- Italian football midfielder, 1920s birth stubs