Giorgio Ghezzi

Giorgio Ghezzi
Personal information
Date of birth11 July 1930
Place of birthCesenatico, Italy
Date of death12 December 1990 (aged 60)
Place of deathForlì, Italy
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Cesenatico
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1947–1949Rimini44(0)
1949–1951Modena62(0)
1951–1958Internazionale186(0)
1958–1959Genoa32(0)
1959–1965Milan123(0)
Total447(0)
National team
1954–1961Italy6(0)
Teams managed
1966–1967Genoa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Giorgio Ghezzi (11 July 1930 – 12 December 1990), nicknamed "Kamikaze", was an Italian football player.

Born in Cesenatico, he started his career at Rimini and Modena, then played at Internazionale as goalkeeper for 7 years, from 1951 to 1958, for 191 total matches (Serie A, European Cup and Coppa Italia). He won 2 Serie A titles in 1953 and 1954.

At the end of 1958 he was sold to Genoa, and then, in the 1959 he came back to Milan, but on the other side: he played with A.C. Milan, where he won another Serie A title and the 1963 European Champions Cup.

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