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Full name | Emanuele Del Vecchio | ||
Date of birth | September 24, 1934 | ||
Place of birth | São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Date of death | October 7, 1995 | (aged 61)||
Place of death | Santos, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1954–1957 | Santos | 180[2] | (105) |
1957–1958 | Verona | 27 | (13) |
1959–1961 | Napoli | 68 | (27) |
1961–1962 | Padova | 21 | (8) |
1962 | Milan | 9 | (3) |
1962–1963 | Padova | 4 | (0) |
1963–1964 | Boca Juniors | 6 | (3) |
1964–1967 | São Paulo | 69 | (34) |
1967 | Bangu | ||
1968–1970 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
National team | |||
1956–1957 | Brazil | 9 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Emanuele Del Vecchio, commonly known as Del Vecchio (September 24, 1934[3] – October 7, 1995[3]), was a Brazilian football forward, who played for the Brazilian national team.
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Born in São Vicente, São Paulo, Del Vecchio started his career in 1954, defending Santos,[4] and being part of the squad that won the Campeonato Paulista in 1955 and in 1956,[3] finishing as that competition's top goalscorer with 23 goals in 1955.[5] He then transferred to Italy, where he scored 13 goals in the 27 Italian Serie A games he played for Verona.[1] Del Vecchio then played 68 Italian League games and scored 27 goals for Napoli, before moving to Padova, where he scored eight goals in 21 games.[1] After joining Milan, he won the local league in 1962,[3] and scored three goals in the nine games he played for the club.[1] Del Vecchio returned to Padova in 1962, playing four more games for the club.[6] He played six Argentine League games and scored three goals for Boca Juniors of Argentina,[1] before returning to Brazil where he played for São Paulo, Bangu and Atlético Paranaense before retiring.[3]
He played nine games and scored a goal for the Brazilian national team between 1956 and 1957.[7] Among the games he played are included four South American Championship games in 1956.[4] Del Vecchio played his first game on January 24, 1956, against Chile, scoring his only goal for the national team on June 16, 1957, against Portugal.[7] He played his last game on July 10, 1957, against Argentina.[7] Defending his country, he won the Roca Cup in 1955.[7]