Aldo Olivieri

Aldo Olivieri
Personal information
Full nameAldo Olivieri
Date of birth2 October 1910
Place of birthSan Michele Extra, Italy
Date of death5 April 2001 (aged 90)
Place of deathLido di Camaiore, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1929–1933Hellas Verona99(0)
1933–1934Padova8(0)
1934–1938Lucchese121(0)
1938–1942Torino81(0)
1942–1943Brescia32(0)
1943–1946Viareggio4(0)
National team
1936–1940Italy24(0)
Teams managed
1950–1952Inter Milan
1952–1953Udinese
1953–1955Juventus
1958–1959Triestina
1959–1960Hellas Verona
1967–1968Casertana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Aldo Olivieri (2 October 1910 – 5 April 2001) was a former Italian football goalkeeper from 1931 to 1943, and trainer after World War II.

Career

Olivieri was born in San Michele Extra, Verona.

Nicknamed Ercolino Semprimpiedi ("Always-Standing Little Hercules"), a famous definition of Italian journalist Gianni Brera) he played for Verona, Lucchese and Brescia in Serie B, and Torino in Serie A.[1] For Italy he became World Champion in 1938.

He died in Lido di Camaiore at 90 years old. He was the penultimate survivor of the 1938 winning team squad. The last member, who died on 5 November 2006, was defender Pietro Rava.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/olivieri.html