Giacomo Neri

Giacomo Neri
Personal information
Date of birth (1916-01-01)1 January 1916
Place of birth Faenza, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 6 May 2010(2010-05-06) (aged 94)
Place of death Faenza, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
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)
International career
1939–1940 Italy 3 (1)
Managerial career
1951–1954 Alessandria
1954–1955 Lucchese
1957–1959 Faenza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giacomo Neri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo ˈneːri]; 1 January 1916 – 6 May 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 Italy national football team, scoring a goal.

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

References

  1. ^ "Calcio, Faenza: morto Giacomo Neri, gioco' in Nazionale" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.


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