Roger Grava
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Revelli Ruggero Grava | ||
Date of birth | 26 April 1922 | ||
Place of birth | Claut, Italy | ||
Date of death | 4 May 1949 | (aged 27)||
Place of death | Superga, Torino, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
AS Roma Paris | |||
– | AS Meudon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1942–1943 | Amiens AC | ||
1943 | EF Nancy-Lorraine | ||
1943–1944 | EF Bordeaux-Guyenne | ||
1944–1945 | CO Roubaix-Tourcoing | 84 | (30) |
1945–1948 | Torino F.C. | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ruggero Grava (26 April 1922 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian born French football striker.
He moved to France at the age of 1. He began his playing career with Amiens AC and played for EF Nancy-Lorraine, EF Bordeaux-Guyenne, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing in France. In 1948, he moved to Torino F.C., with another Frenchman of Italian descent, Émile Bongiorni of RC Paris.[1] They both died in the Superga air disaster on 4 May 1949.
Honours[]
Club[]
- Roubaix-Tourcoing
- Torino
References[]
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 1949 deaths
- People from the Province of Pordenone
- French footballers
- Italian footballers
- Italian emigrants to France
- Association football forwards
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Ligue 1 players
- Torino F.C. players
- Serie A players
- CO Roubaix-Tourcoing players
- EF Nancy-Lorraine players
- EF Bordeaux-Guyenne players
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1949
- Footballers killed in the Superga air disaster
- French football forward stubs
- Italian football forward stubs