Giuseppe Meazza

This article is about the Italian footballer. For the stadium officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, see San Siro.

Giuseppe Meazza
Meazza during the 1934–1935 season with Ambrosiana[1]
Personal information
Date of birth (1910-08-23)23 August 1910
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Date of death 21 August 1979(1979-08-21) (aged 68)
Place of death Lissone, Italy
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1922–1924 Gloria
1924–1927 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1940 Inter Milan 348 (240)
1940–1942 AC Milan 37 (9)
1942–1943 Juventus 27 (10)
1944 Varese 20 (7)
1945–1946 Atalanta 14 (2)
1946–1947 Inter Milan 17 (2)
Total 463 (270)
International career
1930–1939 Italy 53 (33)
Managerial career
1946 Atalanta
1946–1948 Inter Milan
1948–1949 Beşiktaş
1949–1951 Pro Patria
1952–1953 Italy Olympic
1955–1956 Inter Milan
1957 Inter Milan
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Italy
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1934 Italy
Winner 1938 France
Central European International Cup
Winner 1927–30
Winner 1933–35
Runner-up 1931–32
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giuseppe Meazza (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe meˈattsa]; 23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979) was an Italian football manager and player. Throughout his career, he played mainly for Inter Milan in the 1930s, scoring 284 goals in 408 games for the club, and winning three Serie A titles, as well as the Coppa Italia; he later also played for two seasons for local rivals Milan, as well as Turin rivals Juventus for one season, in addition to his spells with Varese and Atalanta. At the international level, he led Italy to win two consecutive World Cups: in 1934 on home soil, and in 1938 as captain, being named to the All-star Team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players of the 20th century, and one of the greatest Italian strikers in the history of the sport.

Along with Giovanni Ferrari, Guido Masetti and Eraldo Monzeglio, he is one of only four Italian players to have won two World Cups.[2][3] Following his retirement, he served as a coach for the Italy national team, and with several Italian clubs, including his former club sides Inter and Atalanta, as well as Pro Patria, and Turkish club Beşiktaş; he was Italy's head coach at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Due to his technical skill, prolific goalscoring, and creative ability, he was often given the nickname Il genio (The Genius) by the Italian press during his career.[4] He has been ranked the fourth-best player in the history of the World Cup.[5] A prolific forward, Meazza won the Serie A top-scorer award on three occasions in his career; with 216 goals in Serie A, he is the fourth all-time highest goal scorer in Serie A, alongside José Altafini, and with 33 goals, he is also the second highest goalscorer for the Italy national team.[6][7] With 338 goals, he is the third-highest Italian goalscorer in all competitions.[8] He is also the youngest player ever to score 100 goals in Serie A, a feat which he achieved at the age of 23 years and 32 days.[9][10][11][12] San Siro, the principal stadium in his native city of Milan, which is today shared by two of his former clubs, Inter Milan and crosstown rivals A.C. Milan, was named Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the player's honour on 3 March 1980.[13] In 2011, he was posthumously inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame. Throughout his career, including friendlies, Meazza scored 552 goals.[14]

  1. ^ This was the name that was assigned to Inter Milan in the 30s for political reasons
  2. ^ "Record e Curiosità" [Records and Trivia] (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Presenze" [Appearances] (in Italian). la Repubblica. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Peppino Meazza: 100 anni fa nacque Balilla, Genio del calcio" (in Italian). Sky.it. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ^ "The ten greatest World Cup playersbr No 4 Giuseppe Meazza Italy". The Times. London. 22 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Nazionale in cifre" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Italy – All-Time Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Del Piero a quota 301 gol in carriera: nel mirino c'è Inzaghi" (in Italian). Tutto Sport. 15 March 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Icardi 100: Inter captain's Serie A landmark in Opta numbers". FourFourTwo. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Inter Milan Fans Laud Mauro Icardi After Striker Becomes Sixth-Youngest to Net 100 Serie A Goals". Sports Illustrated. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Icardi hits Serie A Century". Football Italia. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  12. ^ Andrew Dampf (18 March 2018). "Icardi passes 2 century marks with 4-goal performance". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Stadio Giuseppe Meazza". Football Italia. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Meazza".
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