Luigi Di Franco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 November 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome | ||
| Date of death | Kingdom of Italy | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder/winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1939–1941 | Jedinstvo Beograd | ||
| 1941–1942 | SK Jugoslavija | ||
| 1942–1943 | Venezia | 3 | (0) |
| 1943–1944 | Legnago | 11 | (0) |
| 1945–1949 | Mestrina | ||
| 1949–1950 | Deportivo Pereira[1] | 9 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1949–1950 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Luigi Di Franco (born 18 November 1918 in Rome) is a retired Italian football player.
Playing as a left winger, Di Franco played in the Yugoslav Championship with SK Jedinstvo Belgrade[2] until 1941.[3] In 1941 he moved to a more popular Belgrade club SK Jugoslavija.[4] With the beginning of the Second World War, the national league was divided, and Di Franco (spelled as Di Franko or Difranko in Serbian press) finished second with Jugoslavija in the 1940–41 season.
With the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia Di Franco returned to Italy signing with Serie A side Venezia.[5] They finished the 1942–43 season at 13th place.
At the end of the war, in 1945, Di Franco signed with Mestrina which was playing in the Serie B. However at the end of the 1946–47 season they were relegated to Serie C. Luigi Di Franco stayed with Mestrina until 1949.[6]
Di Franco moved to Colombia to become player-manager of Deportivo Pereira during the 1949 and 1950 seasons.[7]
References
- ↑ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
- ↑ Milorad Sijić: "Football in Kingdom of Yugoslavia", pag. 169, Di Franco is listed at Jedinstvo squads of 1939 and 1940
- ↑ 1940-41 Yugoslav Championship season at fkvojvodina.com (open squad details)
- ↑ BSK - Jugoslavija Sećanja Na Prvi Beogradski Večiti Derbi by Živko M. Bojanić at GoogleBooks
- ↑ Career at enciclopediadelcalcio.it
- ↑ Career at enciclopediadelcalcio.it
- ↑ Franco García, Wilfrido (13 April 2012). "El Viejo ´Contingente´ en Colombia" [The old ´Contingent´ in Colombia] (in Spanish). El Deportivo.
External sources
- Luigi Di Franco at enciclopediadelcalcio.it