Ricardo Faccio | |
Fullname: | Ricardo Gregorio Faccio Peralta |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1907 |
Birth Place: | Durazno Department, Uruguay |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1927 |
Years2: | 1929 |
Years3: | 1931–1933 |
Years4: | 1933–1936 |
Years5: | 1936–1939 |
Years6: | 1940–1941 |
Clubs1: | Universal |
Clubs5: | Nacional |
Clubs6: | Bella Vista |
Caps4: | 86 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1932–1934 |
Nationalyears2: | 1935–1936 |
Nationalteam2: | Italy |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Ricardo Gregorio Faccio Peralta, known as Ricardo Faccio or Riccardo Faccio (pronounced as /it/; 12 March 1907 – 9 September 1970) was a Uruguayan-Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was born in Uruguay and played for the Uruguay national football team but later received Italian citizenship and played for Italy internationally,[1] where he was a part of the squad that won the 1933–35 Central European International Cup.
Born in Durazno Department, Faccio began playing football for Club Universal and Montevideo Wanderers F.C. In 1934, he moved to Italy to play for Ambrosiana-Inter.[2]