Corrado Contin Explained

Corrado Contin
Birth Date:7 January 1922
Birth Place:Aquileia, Italy
Position:Defender
Years1:1940–1942
Years2:1943–1944
Years3:1945–1950
Years4:1952
Years5:1953–1956
Clubs1:Pieris
Clubs2:Cormonese
Clubs4:Deportivo Samarios[1]
Clubs5:Cuneo
Caps2:13
Caps3:86
Caps4:23
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0

Corrado "Dino" Contin (7 January 1922 – 16 November 2001) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

After initial brief spells with Italian clubs Pieris and Cormonese in the early 1940s, Contin joined Serie A side A.S. Roma in 1945; he played there for four seasons (65 games, no goals). He later also played for Deportivo Samarios in Colombia in 1952, along with two other Italian footballers, Bruno Gerzelli and Alessandro Adam. He ended his career in his home country in 1956, after three years with Cuneo.

Personal life

Contin was married to Aileen Courteen (1929–2013), who he met in Caracas, Venezuela. They resided there for more than 30 years and had one daughter. After retiring in 1990, Contin divided his time between Cervignano, Italy and Wickenburg, Arizona. He died in November 2001 at the age of 79.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://colombia.golgolgol.net/equipos/samarios_1780-19397.html Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65071275/corrado-contin Corrado Contin (1922–2001) - Find A Grave Memorial
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113298836/aileen-contin Aileen Courteen Contin (1929–2013) - Find A Grave Memorial