Gino Cappello
Italian footballer (1920-1990)
Gino Cappello (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒiːno kapˈpɛllo]; 2 June 1920 – 28 March 1990) was a former Italian footballer, who played primarily as a striker.
Club career
Gino Cappello was born in Padua, Italy on 2 June 1920. He began his career with Calcio Padova in the late 1930s, playing for both, the under-19 and first team at the club.
In 1940, after two seasons with Calcio Padova, he signed for AC Milan in Serie A. Cappello became the second leading goalscorer at the time, despite the club not being a title contender. In January 1944 he moved back to Calcio Padova.
After the end of World War II, Cappello moved to Bologna, where he played for ten seasons, scoring 80 goals in 245 matches.
In his last two seasons, he played for Novara in Serie B. He retired in 1958 at the age of thirty-eight.
International career
Cappello debuted for the Italian national team on 22 May 1949 in a 3–1 win against Austria. A year later, at the 1950 World Cup, he was one of four Italian players to play both games. Four years later, he was selected to play again in the 1954 World Cup where he became the first Italian player to wear the number 10 shirt at a World Cup.
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