Pietro Buscaglia Explained

Pietro Buscaglia
Birth Date:9 February 1911
Birth Place:Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Vigevano, Italy
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1929–1932
Years2:1932–1934
Years3:1934–1938
Years4:1938–1941
Years5:1941–1942
Years6:1942–1943
Years7:1944–1947
Clubs7:Vigevano
Caps2:34
Goals2:5
Caps3:80
Goals3:35
Caps4:40
Goals4:10
Caps5:27
Goals5:10
Nationalyears1:1937
Nationalteam1:Italy
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Pietro Buscaglia (pronounced as /it/; 9 February 1911 – 12 July 1997) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Buscaglia played for 9 seasons (153 games, 50 goals) in the Serie A for clubs S.S. Lazio, A.C. Torino and A.C. Milan.

He was among the top 10 goalscorers of Serie A on two occasions: 1935–36 and 1936–37 (second best scorer with 17 goals behind Silvio Piola with 21).

International career

Buscaglia played his only game for the Italy national football team on 25 April 1937 in a game against Hungary.