SOCCER PLAYER

Giuseppe Meazza

1910 - 1979

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Giuseppe Meazza (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe meˈattsa]; 23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979) was an Italian football manager and player. Throughout his career, he played mainly for Inter Milan in the 1930s, scoring 284 goals in 408 games for the club, and winning three Serie A titles, as well as the Coppa Italia; he later also played for two seasons for local rivals Milan, as well as Turin rivals Juventus for one season, in addition to his spells with Varese and Atalanta. At the international level, he led Italy to win two consecutive World Cups: in 1934 on home soil, and in 1938 as captain, being named to the All-star Team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players of the 20th century, and one of the greatest Italian strikers in the history of the sport. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Meazza is the 11th most popular soccer player (up from 18th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Italy (up from 264th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Giuseppe Meazza was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. He is most famous for being the first player to score more than 300 goals in Italy's top division.

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Among soccer players, Giuseppe Meazza ranks 11 out of 21,273. Before him are Ferenc Puskás, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Eusébio, and Garrincha. After him are Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Zinedine Zidane, Michel Platini, Zico, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Ronaldo.

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Among people born in 1910, Giuseppe Meazza ranks 3. Before him are Mother Teresa, and Akira Kurosawa. After him are Jacques Cousteau, Ingrid of Sweden, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Robert K. Merton, Archer Martin, Lee Byung-chul, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Gloria Stuart. Among people deceased in 1979, Giuseppe Meazza ranks 5. Before him are Josef Mengele, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Mary Pickford, and Park Chung-hee. After him are John Wayne, Ernst Chain, Nino Rota, Dennis Gabor, Herbert Marcuse, Jean Renoir, and Jean Monnet.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Meazza ranks 224 out of 5,161. Before him are Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Gina Lollobrigida (1927), Carlo Collodi (1826), Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922), Pope Pius I (90), and Plautus (-254). After him are Pope John VIII (820), Giorgione (1478), Terence Hill (1939), Pope Honorius III (1148), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), and Pope Alexander III (1100).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Giuseppe Meazza ranks 1. After him are Cesare Maldini (1932), Roberto Baggio (1967), Paolo Maldini (1968), Paolo Rossi (1956), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Francesco Totti (1976), Silvio Piola (1913), Gianni Rivera (1943), Giacinto Facchetti (1942), Franco Baresi (1960), and Gianluigi Buffon (1978).

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