Giacomo Neri

Giacomo Neri

Personal information
Date of birth	January 1, 1916
Place of birth	Faenza, Italy
Date of death	May 6, 2010 (aged 94)
Place of death	Faenza, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–1932	Faenza
1933–1936	Livorno	46	(4)
1936–1937	Juventus	11	(1)
1937–1939	Livorno	53	(11)
1939–1943	Genova 1893	92	(31)
1945–1946	Genoa	16	(3)
1946–1948	Internazionale	38	(10)
1948–1950	Pescara	25	(1)
National team
1939–1940	Italy	3	(1)
Teams managed
1951–1954	Alessandria
1954–1955	Lucchese
1957–1959	Faenza
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Giacomo Neri (January 1, 1916 – May 6, 2010) was an Italian professional football player and coach.

A right winger, Neri played a total 216 Serie A games, with 53 goals, throughout his career, and also played three games for the Italian national team, scoring a goal.

He died in his home town of Faenza at the age of 94; he was the oldest living man to have played for the Italian national team at the time.^[1]

References

1. "Calcio, Faenza: morto Giacomo Neri, gioco' in Nazionale" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

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