Romeo Menti

Romeo Menti
Personal information
Date of birth	5 September 1919
Place of birth	Venice, Italy
Date of death	4 May 1949 (aged 29)
Place of death	Superga, Italy
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1934–1938	L.R. Vicenza Virtus
1938–1941	Fiorentina
1941–1943	Torino
1944	→ Milan
1944–1945	→ Stabia
1945–1946	→ Fiorentina
1946–1949	Torino
National team
1947–1949	Italy
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Romeo Menti (Italian pronunciation: [roˈmɛːo ˈmenti]; 5 September 1919 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. He scored 145 goals in a career that spanned fifteen years.

Career[]

Born in Vicenza, Menti debuted for his hometown's Serie C club in 1935, in the same stadium that was to be dedicated to him a few years later.

His older brothers Mario Menti and Umberto Menti and nephew Luigi Menti (son of Mario) all played football professionally, with Umberto playing for Juventus F.C., S.S.C. Napoli and A.C. Milan. To distinguish them, Mario was known as Menti I, Umberto as Menti II, Romeo as Menti III, and Luigi as Menti IV. In some sources, Mario was ignored and Umberto and Romeo were listed as Menti I and Menti II respectively.

In 1938 he was sold to Fiorentina, where he played for three seasons before moving to Torino F.C. His abilities became evident also with national team, for which he received 5 caps with 7 goals.^[1]

Menti played for the then almost unbeatable Torino (dubbed Grande Torino, "Great Torino") until his death, with the exception of the 1945-46 season, when he played again for Fiorentina. Menti died in 1949 with almost his entire team in the Superga air disaster, after scoring the last goal of "Grande Torino" in Lisboa.

Honours[]

Club[]

Fiorentina

Torino

Serie A: 1942–43, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49
Coppa Italia: 1942–43

References[]

^ "Menti, Romeo". figc.it.

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[1] "Menti, Romeo". figc.it.

[1]

v t Superga air disaster
4 May 1949
Torino F.C. players and staff	Agnisetta Bacigalupo A. Ballarin D. Ballarin Bongiorni Castigliano Civalleri Corina Erbstein Fadini Gabetto Grava Grezar Lievesley Loik Maroso Martelli Mazzola Menti Operto Ossola Rigamonti Schubert
Others	Biancardi Bonaiuti Casalbore Cavallero D'Inca Meroni Pangrazi Tosatti

v t ACF Fiorentina – Hall of Fame inductees
Players	Albertosi Antognoni Astori Bandini Batistuta Borgonovo Bertoni Brizi Castelletti Cervato Chiappella Chiarugi Chiesa Contratto De Sisti Dunga Ferrante Galdiolo Galli Graziani Hamrin Julinho Magnini Maraschi Menti Merlo Montuori Orzan Pizziolo Riganò Robotti Roggi Rosetta Sarti Segato Staccione Superchi Toldo Toni Valcareggi Virgili Volk
Coaches	Bernardini Csapkay Mazzoni Mondonico Pesaola Ranieri
Executives	Baccani Baglini Befani Franchi Mencucci Pandolfini Ridolfi Vay da Verrazzano Ugolini
Ambassadors	Albertazzi Parigi Valenti Zeffirelli

Personal information

Date of birth	(1919-09-05)5 September 1919
Place of birth	Venice, Italy
Date of death	4 May 1949(1949-05-04) (aged 29)
Place of death	Superga, Italy
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934–1938	L.R. Vicenza Virtus	82	(34)
1938–1941	Fiorentina	75	(44)
1941–1943	Torino	50	(23)
1944	→ Milan	9	(1)
1944–1945	→ Stabia	?	(?)
1945–1946	→ Fiorentina	18	(7)
1946–1949	Torino	81	(31)
National team
1947–1949	Italy	7	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only