Giuseppe Moro

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Giuseppe Moro
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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
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (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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