Amedeo Amadei
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amedeo Amadei | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Frascati, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 24 November 2013 (aged 92) | ||
| Place of death | Frascati, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1936–1938 | Roma | 6 | (1) |
| 1938–1939 | Atalanta | 33 | (4) |
| 1939–1948 | Roma | 228 | (115) |
| 1948–1950 | Inter | 70 | (42) |
| 1950–1956 | Napoli | 171 | (47) |
| Total | 508 | (209) | |
| National team | |||
| 1949–1953 | Italy | 13 | (7) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1956–1959 | Napoli | ||
| 1959–1961 | Napoli | ||
| 1963 | Lucchese | ||
| 1972–1978 | Italy women's | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Amedeo Amadei Italian pronunciation: [ameˈdɛo amaˈdɛi] (26 July 1921 – 24 November 2013) was a professional Italian football player. He played as a striker.[1]
He was born in Frascati, near Rome, the son of a baker. He made his professional debut on 2 May 1937 with A.S. Roma at age 15, 9 months and 6 days (the youngest debut in Serie A history). A week later he scored in a 5–1 defeat to A.S. Lucchese Libertas 1905 making him the youngest scorer in Serie A history, a record he holds to this day. He also played in Serie B with Atalanta B.C., Inter and S.S.C. Napoli. He won one Italian title with Roma in the 1941–42 season. With A.S. Roma he played 386 matches and scored 101 goals; in his entire career he played 423 matches and scored 174 goals. With the Italian national team he participated in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[2] He is one of eleven members of Hall of Fame of A.S. Roma.
Honours
Club
- AS Roma
References
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Guido Masetti |
Roma captain 1943–1948 |
Succeeded by Sergio Andreoli |
| Preceded by Egidio Di Costanzo |
Napoli captain 1951-1953 |
Succeeded by Bruno Pesaola |
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