Sergio Cervato
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Cervato | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Carmignano di Brenta, Padua, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 9 October 2005 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Italy | ||
| Playing position | Left Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1946–1947 | Football Club Bolzano 1996 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1948–1959 | ACF Fiorentina | 316 | (31) |
| 1959–1961 | Juventus | 62 | (7) |
| 1961–1965 | SPAL 1907 | 91 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 1951–1960 | Italy | 28 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1952–1954 | Pescara | ||
| 1956 | Trani | ||
| 1957 | Empoli | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Sergio Cervato (22 March 1929 – 9 October 2005) was an Italian football (soccer) player.
Cervato was born in Carmignano di Brenta, province of Padua.
One of the finest defenders of Serie A, he was a quick and tireless competitor. He also boasted a fierce shot and took both penalties and free-kicks. Playing for AC Fiorentina, he often contributed to the Viola's attacks, scoring 31 goals during his 10 years in Florence.
In the 1955–1956 season he won 1 title ("Scudetto") with AC Fiorentina. He won 2 more titles with Juventus F.C. He closed career in 1965 with Spal Ferrara in Serie B. In Serie A he played 466 matches and scored 45 goals.
In the 1955–56 Scudetto Triumph, ACF Fiorentina lost just one game – the very last one at Genoa. In the 1957 European Cup Final a Cervato captained team gave Real Madrid a fright but eventually lost 2–0. Cevato Captained Fiorentina
The 1955–56 team is regarded as one of the best Serie A has ever seen and Fulvio Bernardini's men should have won more titles being runners-up in 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960.
For Italian national team he got 28 international caps, scored 4 goals and participated at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. After he retired he managed Pescara, Empoli and Fiorentina youth teams.
He died at 76 years old in Florence.
Honours
With ACF Fiorentina
- 1955–56 Serie A Winners
- 1956–57 Serie A Runner-up
- 1956–57 European Cup Runner-up
- 1957–58 Serie A Runner-up
- 1958–59 Serie A Runner-up
- 1958–59 Coppa Italia Runner-up
- 1959–60 Coppa Italia Runner-up
With Juventus F.C
- 1959–60 Serie A
- 1959–60 Coppa Italia
- 1960–61 Serie A
References
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