Giuseppe Moro

Giuseppe Moro
"Bepi" Moro, c. 1952
Personal information
Full name Giuseppe Moro
Date of birth (1921-01-16)16 January 1921
Place of birth Carbonera, Italy
Date of death 28 January 1974(1974-01-28) (aged 53)
Place of death Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1942 Treviso 68 (0)
1942–1943 Alessandria 12 (0)
1944–1947 Treviso 11 (0)
1947–1948 Fiorentina 38 (0)
1948–1949 Bari 36 (0)
1949–1950 Torino 32 (0)
1950–1951 Lucchese 38 (0)
1951–1953 Sampdoria 72 (0)
1953–1955 Roma 55 (0)
1955–1956 Verona 15 (0)
Total 377 (0)
International career
1949–1953 Italy 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giuseppe "Bepi" Moro[1] (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈmɔːro]; 16 January 1921 – 28 January 1974) was an Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. An eccentric and athletic player, who was also an excellent shot-stopper, he is regarded as one of Italy's most spectacular keepers of all time;[2] he was also known for his penalty–stopping abilities: with 16 saves in 270 appearances between 1947 and 1955, he has stopped the fifth–highest number of penalties in Serie A, alongside Gianluigi Buffon.[1]

Club career

In eight season in Serie A, Giuseppe Moro defended the goal of six different teams: Fiorentina, Bari, Torino, Lucchese, Sampdoria and Roma.[2]

International career

Moro made his debut with the Italy national team in 1949, producing some notable saves against Hungary.[3] During his second appearance, in a classic England–Italy match played in London, he showcased his best-known block: Stan Mortensen tried to get past Moro with a powerful and accurate shot which the Italian goalkeeper brilliantly denied.[4] Moro kept a clean sheet for 75 minutes, before giving up goals to Jack Rowley and Billy Wright, which did not diminish his outstanding performance.[5]

He also appeared with Italy in the 1950 World Cup in a win against Paraguay,[6] replacing the first-choice goalkeeper Lucidio Sentimenti, who had played the two previous matches.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Handanovic come Pagliuca, la classifica dei migliori pararigori della storia della Serie A" (in Italian). sport.sky.it. 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Bruno Perucca (29 January 1974). "Moro, il portiere di ogni prodezza". La Stampa (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Moro Giuseppe". enciclopediadelcalcio.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. ^ Mario Pennacchia (2011). Massimo Raffaeli (ed.). La vita disperata del portiere Moro (in Italian). Milan: ISBN Edizioni. p. 99. ISBN 978-88-7638-288-8.
  5. ^ Marco Sappino (2000). Dizionario del calcio italiano (in Italian). Milan: Baldini & Castoldi. p. 367. ISBN 88-8089-862-0.
  6. ^ "Nazionale in cifre - Convocazioni e presenze in campo - Moro Giuseppe". figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Si concludono per l'Italia i campionati del mondo". La Stampa (in Italian). 2 July 1950. p. 5.


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