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Bengala
Personal information
Full name	Ítalo Fratezzi
Date of birth	24 May 1906
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Date of death	22 May 1980 (aged 73)
Place of death	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1925–1939	Palestra Itália-MG
Managerial career
1938	Palestra Itália-MG
1941–1943	Cruzeiro
1944	Cruzeiro
1944–1946	Botafogo
1947	Cruzeiro
1955	Cruzeiro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 February 2024

Ítalo Fratezzi (24 May 1906 – 22 May 1980), better known as Bengala, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Career

With a player career dedicated entirely to Cruzeiro EC, he arrived at the club at the time of Palestra Itália in 1925, and with the club he won the state championship four times, in addition to being top scorer in 1932. He played in 247 matches and scored 168 goals.^[1] He was also a volleyball and basketball athlete for the club,^[2] and coach on five occasions, being state champion in 1940 and 1944. The only club besides Cruzeiro in which he worked was Botafogo, from 1944 to 1946.^[3]^[4]

Honours

Player

Cruzeiro

Campeonato Mineiro: 1928, 1929, 1930
Campeonato AMET: 1926

Individual

1932 Campeonato Mineiro top scorer: 12 goals

Manager

Cruzeiro

Campeonato Mineiro: 1940, 1944

References

^ "Ítalo Frattesi". Cruzeiropédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ "Ítalo Fratezzi, o Bengala". Guerreiro dos Gramados (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ Alexander Rodrigues (14 December 2021). "Conheça a história de Bengala, um dos primeiros ídolos do Cruzeiro". torcedores.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ "Que fim levou? Bengala". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2024.