Giuseppe Moro
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Giuseppe Moro | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Giuseppe Moro | |
Date of birth | January 16, 1921 | |
Place of birth | Carbonera, Italy | |
Height | 1.76 m | |
Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1937-42 1942-43 1944-47 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50 1950-51 1951-53 1953-55 1955-56 |
Treviso Alessandria Treviso Fiorentina Bari Torino Lucchese Sampdoria Roma Verona |
68(0) 12(0) 11(0) 38(0) 36(0) 32(0) 38(0) 72(0) 55(0) 15(0) |
National team | ||
1949-53 | Italy | 9(0) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Giuseppe Moro (born January 16, 1921 in Carbonera, Treviso; died 1974) was an Italian football (soccer) player. In eight season in Serie A Giuseppe Moro defended the goal of six different teams (Fiorentina, Bari, Torino, Lucchese, Sampdoria and Roma). One of his notable saves was from a shot by Mortensen in a classic England-Italy match played in London in 1949; in that game he produced miracles for 75 minutes before giving up goals to Rowley e Wright which did not diminish his stellar performance. His debut on the national team was in Budapest in 1949 and also made an appearance in the 1950 World Cup in a win against Paraguay substituting for Sentimenti. To this day, he is the gaolie with the most saved penalties in the history of Serie A; 16 of 44 from 1947 to 1955 (1 in 3 stopped).
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