Giacomo Neri Explained

Giacomo Neri
Birth Date:1 January 1916
Years1:1931–1932
Years2:1933–1936
Caps2:46
Goals2:4
Years3:1936–1937
Caps3:11
Goals3:1
Years4:1937–1939
Caps4:53
Goals4:11
Years5:1939–1943
Caps5:92
Goals5:31
Years6:1945–1946
Caps6:16
Goals6:3
Years7:1946–1948
Caps7:38
Goals7:10
Years8:1948–1950
Caps8:25
Goals8:1
Nationalyears1:1939–1940
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:1
Manageryears1:1951–1954
Manageryears2:1954–1955
Manageryears3:1957–1959

Giacomo Neri (pronounced as /it/; 1 January 1916 – 6 May 2010) was an Italian professional football player and coach.

A right winger, Neri played a total 216 Serie A games, with 53 goals, throughout his career, and also played three games for the Italy national football team, scoring a goal.

He died in his home town of Faenza at the age of 94; he was the oldest living man at the time to have played for the Italy national team.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Calcio, Faenza: morto Giacomo Neri, gioco' in Nazionale . La Gazzetta dello Sport . it . 2010-05-07 . 2010-05-07 . 2010-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100509000708/http://www.gazzetta.it/notizie-ultima-ora/Calcio/Calcio-Faenza-morto-Giacomo-Neri-gioco-Nazionale/07-05-2010/2-A_000102573.shtml . dead .