Pietro Arcari

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Pietro Arcari
Full name	Pietro Sante Arcari III
Date of birth	December 2, 1909
Place of birth	Casalpusterlengo, Italy
Date of death	February 8, 1988
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1930-36 1936-39 1939-42 1942-43	A.C. Milan Genoa Cremonese Napoli	183 (65) 72 (14) - (-) 6 (0)
National team
1934	Italy	0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Pietro Sante Arcari III (December 2, 1909 - February 8, 1988), was an Italian football (soccer) forward. Born in Casalpusterlengo, province of Milan, he played in the 1930s for A.C. Milan, and Genoa. He played 256 matches in Serie A, scoring 80 goals.

In the 1934 season he scored 16 goals for Milan the fifth hightest in Serie A leading to his selection by Vittorio Pozzo to the national team. Consequently he is one of only four players in Italian national team history to become World champion while never being capped. He was the third son in a soccer family, even his brother Bruno made an appearance for the national team. While his most notable success came at Milan, an unusual incident occurred while playing for Genoa in 1937. During a Fiorentina-Genoa match won 2-1 by Genoa in Florence the linesman called a nonexistent offsides on Arcari; the referee Caironi, without hesitation sent his colleague to the locker room, who was quickly replaced.

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v • d • e Italy squad - 1934 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title)

DF Allemandi • FW Arcari • MF Bertolini • FW Borel • DF Caligaris • MF Castellazzi • GK Cavanna • GK Combi • FW Demaria • FW Ferrari • MF Ferraris • FW Guaita • FW Guarisi • GK Masetti • FW Meazza • MF Monti • DF Monzeglio • FW Orsi • MF Pizziolo • DF Rosetta • FW Schiavio • MF Varglien • Coach: Pozzo