| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 August 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Clinton, United States | ||
| Date of death | 10 September 1943 (aged 26) | ||
| Place of death | Crkvice, Nazi Croatia | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1934-1939 | ACIVI Vicenza | 92 | (36) |
| 1939-1942 | Fiorentina | 46 | (6) |
| 1942-1943 | Spezia | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 1942/43 season. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Armando Frigo (Born: Clinton, Indiana on August 5, 1917. Died: September, 1943) was a former Italian-American soccer player. He was known as the second American-born player after Alfonso Negro to have played in Serie A.
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He left the U.S. at the age of eight with his parents. He grew up in Vicenza.
He started with his hometown team Vicenza in Serie C. He was transferred to Fiorentina for the season 1937-39 season, where he played 21 games and scored five goals. He went on to play a total of 43 games and score six goals.Before transferring to Spezia he went to play for FC Juventus he only played in 10 games and only made 5 goals. At the end of the 1942-43 season, he moved on to play for Spezia in Serie B.
Armando Frigo served in the Italian army during the World War II. When Italy switched sides during the war he joined the army and on one grey day in September 1943 was captured by the Nazis near the town of Crkvice and shot to death.