Armando Castellazzi | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Armando Castellazzi | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1904-10-07)7 October 1904 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Milan, Kingdom of Italy | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 January 1968(1968-01-04) (aged 63) | |||||||||||||
Place of death | Milan, Italy | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1924–1936 | Ambrosiana-Inter | 261 | (16) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1929–1934 | Italy | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1936–1938 | Ambrosiana-Inter | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Armando Castellazzi (Italian pronunciation: [arˈmando kastelˈlattsi]; 7 October 1904 – 4 January 1968) was an Italian professional footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Milan, Castellazzi spent his entire club career in the 1920s and 1930s playing for Ambrosiana-Inter in Serie A. He played 261 match in all competitions for the team, scoring 16 goals, helping the club to win the 1929–30 Serie A championship. His club debut came on 6 October 1929, in a 2–1 away win over Livorno.
International career
With the Italy national team, Castellazzi made three appearances between 1929 and 1934; he made his international debut on 1 December 1929, in a 6–1 friendly home win over Portugal in Milan, and later appeared in a 4–2 friendly home win over Switzerland in Rome, on 9 February 1930. He also made one appearance – his final international cap – in the team's victorious 1934 FIFA World Cup campaign on home soil, starting in the first quarter-final against Spain, held in Florence, on 31 May, which ended in a 1–1 draw.
Managerial career
After retiring from football at the age of 32, Castellazzi remained with the Ambrosiana-Inter organization where in 1938 he became the first person in the history of the first division to win the championship both as a player and as a coach.
Career statistics
International
Source:
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Italy | 1929 | 1 | 0 |
1930 | 1 | 0 | |
1934 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Honours
Player
Club
- Ambrosiana-Inter
International
Coach
Club
- Ambrosiana-Inter
References
- "Armando Castellazzi". inter.it. Inter Milan. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- "1934 FIFA World Cup Italy: Italy 1-1 Spain". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- "Armando Castellazzi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
External links
- Profile at Enciclopedia del Calcio (in Italian)
- Profile at FIGC (in Italian)
- La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian)
Italy squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup winners (1st title) | ||
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