Lorenzo Gazzari

Renzo Gazzari
Personal information
Full nameLorenzo Gazzari
Date of birth7 January 1907
Place of birthHvar, Austria-Hungary
Date of death1998
Place of deathFlorence, Italy
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionLeft defender
Youth career
1921–1923Hajduk Split
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1923–1928Hajduk Split10(0)
1928–1931US Triestina90(9)
1931–1939AC Fiorentina212(0)
1939–1940Rivarolo
1941–1943Casale45(6)
1943–1944Asti
National team
Italy B3(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Lorenzo "Renzo" Gazzari (7 January 1907 in Hvar – 1998 in Florence) was an Italian football player.

Career

He played a total of 152 matches for HNK Hajduk Split between 1921 and 1928, 10 of which in the Yugoslav Championship,[1] and helped the club win its first national championship in 1927. Next, he will move, along his brother Otmar to Trieste to play for U.S. Triestina Calcio where he'll be spotted by the AC Fiorentina´s scouts. He will continue his career in Florence where he will make an astonishing career becoming one of the most influential defenders of the club in the 1930s, and having capped three times for the Italian B national team. He was mostly known as left full-back, playing equally well with both of his legs. After ending his playing career, he dedicated to tennis, having become a tennis coach.

References

  1. Seasonal stats at Hajduk Split official website

External sources