Luigi Di Franco Explained

Luigi Di Franco
Birth Date:18 November 1918
Birth Place:Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Position:Midfielder/winger
Years1:1937–1941
Clubs1:Jedinstvo Beograd
Caps1:[1] 4
Goals1:0
Years2:1941–1942
Clubs2:SK Jugoslavija
Years3:1942–1943
Clubs3:Venezia
Caps3:3
Goals3:0
Years4:1943–1944
Clubs4:Legnago
Caps4:11
Goals4:0
Years5:1945–1949
Clubs5:Mestrina
Years6:1949–1950
Clubs6:Deportivo Pereira[2]
Caps6:9
Goals6:0
Manageryears1:1949–1950
Managerclubs1:Deportivo Pereira

Luigi Di Franco (born 18 November 1918, date of death unknown) was an Italian footballer.

Biography

Playing as a left winger, Di Franco played in the Yugoslav Championship[3] with SK Jedinstvo Belgrade[4] where he got first registered at January 1937[5] and played until 1941.[6] In 1941, he moved to a more popular Belgrade club SK Jugoslavija.[7] With the beginning of the Second World War, the national league was divided, and Di Franco (spelled as Di Franko or Difranko in the Serbian press) finished second with SK Jugoslavija in the 1940–41 season.

With the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Di Franco returned to Italy, signing with the Serie A side Venezia.[8] They finished the 1942–43 season at 13th place.

At the end of the war, in 1945, Di Franco signed with Mestrina, which was playing in the Serie B. However, at the end of the 1946–47 season, they were relegated to Serie C. Luigi Di Franco stayed with Mestrina until 1949.[9]

Di Franco moved to Colombia to become player-manager of Deportivo Pereira during the 1949 and 1950 seasons.[10]

Di Franco is deceased.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Note: counting stats only at national level from the Yugoslav championship final stages, excluding the stats from the Belgrade Subassociation league which the club played all seasons.
  2. http://colombia.golgolgol.net/equipos/jugadores/pereira_173-9411.html Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  3. http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/igraci/article/962 Luiigi Di Franco
  4. Milorad Sijić: "Football in Kingdom of Yugoslavia", pag. 169, Di Franco is listed at Jedinstvo squads of 1939 and 1940
  5. Sportista, n1024, Belgrade 20 January 1937, page 2
  6. http://www.fkvojvodina.com/rezultati.php?sezona=1940 1940-41 Yugoslav Championship season
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=J4lNKB5Apx4C&q=Bsk+-+Jugoslavija+Se%C4%87anja+Na+Prvi+Beogradski+Ve%C4%8Diti+Derbi BSK - Jugoslavija Sećanja Na Prvi Beogradski Večiti Derbi
  8. http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Difranco.html Career
  9. http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Difranco.html Career
  10. Web site: El Deportivo . Franco García, Wilfrido . El Viejo ´Contingente´ en Colombia . The old ´Contingent´ in Colombia . https://archive.today/20121206024135/http://www.eldeportivo.com.co/web/DetNoticia_4980_El%20Viejo%20%C2%B4Contingente%C2%B4%20en%20Colombia.html . dead . 6 December 2012 . Spanish . 13 April 2012 .
  11. Web site: Luigi Di Franco . World Football . 5 February 2023.