Giacomo Mari Explained

Giacomo Mari
Fullname:Giacomo Mari
Birth Date:17 October 1924
Birth Place:Vescovato, Kingdom of Italy
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1942–1946
Years2:1946–1949
Years3:1949–1953
Years4:1953–1956
Years5:1956–1960
Years6:1960–1961
Clubs6:Cremonese
Caps1:23
Caps2:83
Caps3:132
Caps4:72
Caps5:120
Caps6:28
Goals1:0
Goals2:8
Goals3:9
Goals4:3
Goals5:3
Goals6:1
Totalcaps:458
Totalgoals:24
Manageryears1:1961–1962
Managerclubs1:Calcio Padova
Nationalyears1:1948–1954
Nationalteam1:Italy
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:0

Giacomo Mari (pronounced as /it/; 17 October 1924 – 16 October 1991) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

After three years of breaking in at Atalanta in his early career, Mari played four seasons with Juventus, winning two Serie A championships, playing alongside the great Carlo Parola. Before the 1954 World Cup, he went to Sampdoria and then concluded playing in Serie A with Padova.

International career

Giacomo Mari is one of five Italian players (the others are Giampiero Boniperti, Gino Cappello, Ermes Muccinelli and Egisto Pandolfini) that played for Italy in both the 1950 and 1954 World Cups. With the Italy national team, he debuted at the 1948 London Olympics, against Paraguay;[1] he also featured against Switzerland at the 1954 World Cup.

Style of play

A tireless runner, Giacomo Mari was a classic halfback, waiting in the folds of midfield ready to halt the attack of the opposing forwards and wings.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giacomo Mari . Olympedia . 14 October 2021.