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Giacinto Facchetti

1942 - 2006

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Giacinto Facchetti (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaˈtʃinto fakˈketti]; 18 July 1942 – 4 September 2006) was an Italian footballer who played as a left-back for Inter Milan from 1960 to 1978. He later served as Inter chairman from January 2004 until his death in 2006. He played 634 official games for the club, scoring 75 goals, and was a member of "Grande Inter" team under manager Helenio Herrera which won four Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, two European Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups. He placed second for the Ballon d'Or in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giacinto Facchetti is the 73rd most popular soccer player (up from 78th in 2019), the 755th most popular biography from Italy (down from 697th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Giacinto Facchetti is most famous for being a soccer player for Inter Milan. He played for the team from 1964-1979. He was also a member of the Italian national team, where he played from 1966-1974.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 73 out of 21,273. Before him are Alan Ball Jr., Uwe Seeler, Béla Guttmann, Gianni Rivera, Billy Wright, and Nílton Santos. After him are Arthur Friedenreich, Fritz Walter, Franco Baresi, George Weah, Rivaldo, and Gianluigi Buffon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 49. Before him are Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Jacques Rogge, Martin Rees, Michel Mayor, Jochen Rindt, and Lou Reed. After him are Alassane Ouattara, Giancarlo Giannini, Sixto Rodriguez, The Iron Sheik, George Vella, and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard. Among people deceased in 2006, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 24. Before him are Mako, Desmond Doss, Johannes Rau, Heinrich Harrer, Oriana Fallaci, and Ibrahim Rugova. After him are Anna Politkovskaya, Melvin Schwartz, Lennart Meri, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Jack Palance, and Muriel Spark.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 755 out of 5,161. Before him are Elisabeth Farnese (1692), Jacobus da Varagine (1228), Nicola Pisano (1225), Gaius Caesar (-20), Mario Monti (1943), and Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (1726). After him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562), Isabella Rossellini (1952), Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510), Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Marsilius of Padua (1275), and Rosso Fiorentino (1494).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 10. Before him are Paolo Maldini (1968), Paolo Rossi (1956), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Francesco Totti (1976), Silvio Piola (1913), and Gianni Rivera (1943). After him are Franco Baresi (1960), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Roberto Mancini (1964), Sandro Mazzola (1942), and Simone Inzaghi (1976).

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