Giacomo Mari

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Full name Giacomo Mari
Date of birth (1924-10-17)17 October 1924
Place of birth Vescovato, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 16 October 1991(1991-10-16) (aged 66)
Giacomo Mari
Mari with Juventus in 1951
Personal information
Full name Giacomo Mari
Date of birth (1924-10-17)17 October 1924
Place of birth Vescovato, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 16 October 1991(1991-10-16) (aged 66)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position 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)
International career
1948–1954 Italy 8 (0)
Managerial career
1960–1961 Cremonese
1961–1962 Padova
1962 Cesena
1962–1964 Taranto
1964–1965 Mantova
1965–1966 Casertana
1967–1968 Ravenna
1974–1975 Crema
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giacomo Mari (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo ˈmaːri]; 17 October 1924 – 16 October 1991) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.

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 Italy 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

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