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Italian naturalized Chilean footballer

Gino Iacoponi
Personal information
Full name Gino Iacoponi
Date of birth (1899-12-28)28 December 1899
Place of birth Livorno, Italy
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1923 Livorno
1923–1933 Audax Italiano
International career
1924 Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gino Iacoponi (28 December 1899 – unknown) was an Italian naturalized Chilean footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

A football forward, Iacoponi joined Livorno in 1919, alongside his older brother, Bruno, and the Chilean Félix Corte. They reached the national final against Inter Milan of the 1919–20 Prima Categoria, losing by 3–2. In 1922, they also won both the Central and South of Italy championships.

In September 1923, the Iacoponi brothers moved to Chile thanks to Félix Corte and joined Audax Italiano, then the team captain, winning the 1924 Primera División of the Liga Metropolitana.

A historical player of Audax Italiano, Gino took part in the 1933 Primera División de Chile, the first season of the Chilean professional football, being a starting player and scoring the second goal in the first match against Morning Star, a 3–1 win.

International career

Iacoponi represented the Chile national team in a friendly match against Uruguay, a 0–1 loss, on 12 October 1924.

Personal life

Born in Livorno, Italy, Gino moved to Chile alongside his older brother, Bruno, thanks to his Chilean friend Félix Corte. They made their home in Santiago and had a convenience store, a bar and a bus fleet, according to his great niece, Bianca Iacoponi, granddaughter of Bruno.

In Chile, his surname was frequently and wrongly written Yacopponi, Jacoponi or Giacoponi. He was nicknamed Giaco.

References

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  2. "20 giugno 1920, Livorno vicecampione d'Italia". www.legab.it (in Italian). 20 June 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  3. Papini, Roberto Davide (19 June 2020). "Cento anni fa la finale contro l'Inter: Livorno a un passo dallo scudetto". Il Telegrafo (in Italian). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ André, G. O. (2 January 1925). "ENTREVISTA A LOS HERMANOS YACOPPONI" (PDF). Los Sports (in Spanish). 95. Santiago, Chile: 52–53. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. Gardella, Juan Ignacio (7 December 2020). "Un chileno en la final del Calcio, entre el campo de fútbol y el de batalla". Publimetro Chile (in Spanish). Metro International. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  6. ^ Briso, Ignacio (29 January 2017). "EyN: El azaroso destino de "Chincolito" Miranda y Gino Iacoponi, los artilleros del primer partido de la historia del torneo nacional". www.economiaynegocios.cl (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  7. ^ Catenacci, José (19 June 2013). "La historia de los hermanos Jacoponi: Europeos pioneros en jugar fútbol en Sudamérica". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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