Ernesto Castano

Ernesto Càstano

Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Càstano
Date of birth	(1939-05-02) 2 May 1939
Place of birth	Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
	Balsamese
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1956–1957	Legnano	26	(0)
1957–1958	Triestina	31	(0)
1958–1970	Juventus	265	(0)
Total		322	(0)
National team
1959–1969	Italy	7	(0)
Honours Competitor for  Italy Football (soccer) UEFA European Football Championship Italy 1968
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ernesto Castano (2 May 1939) is a former Italian football player from Cinisello Balsamo in the Province of Milan, who played as a defender.

Career

Castano played club football for three clubs: Legnano, Triestina, and most prominently with Juventus, where he won several domestic titles.

At international level, also played for the Italian national football team on seven occasions between 1959 and 1969, winning the 1968 UEFA European Championship on home soil.^[1]

Honours

Club

Juventus

• Coppa Italia: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65
• Serie A 1959–60, 1960–61, 1966–67

International

Italy

• UEFA European Football Championship: 1968

References

Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1968 Winners (1st Title) 1 Albertosi 2 Anastasi 3 Anquilletti 4 Bercellino 5 Burgnich 6 Bulgarelli 7 Castano 8 De Sisti 9 Domenghini 10 Facchetti (c) 11 Ferrini 12 Guarneri 13 Juliano 14 Lodetti 15 Mazzola 16 Prati 17 Riva 18 Rivera 19 Rosato 20 Salvadore 21 Vieri 22 Zoff Coach: Valcareggi