SOCCER PLAYER

Valentino Mazzola

1919 - 1949

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Valentino Mazzola (Italian pronunciation: [valenˈtiːno matˈtsɔːla]; 26 January 1919 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. Considered one of the great number 10s in the history of football and, according to some, the best Italian footballer of all time, Mazzola was the captain and symbol of the "Grande Torino", the team recognised as one of the strongest in the world during the second half of the 1940s, with whom Mazzola won five Serie A championships. He was also captain of the Italy national team for two years. He became known during his spell at Venezia, where he played as a midfielder, a playing position he held throughout his career that allowed him to expand his fame beyond Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentino Mazzola is the 421st most popular soccer player (down from 305th in 2019), the 1,492nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,436th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Valentino Mazzola ranks 421 out of 21,273. Before him are Koji Sasaki, Shizuo Miyama, Jens Lehmann, Jorge Solari, László Bölöni, and Paul Van Himst. After him are Toni Kroos, Aimé Jacquet, Gerardo Martino, Ricardo Quaresma, Alessandro Nesta, and Tadao Kobayashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Valentino Mazzola ranks 59. Before him are Georges Duby, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Abdel Hakim Amer, Chavela Vargas, Ian Smith, and Mieczysław Weinberg. After him are Peter Abrahams, Ryszard Kaczorowski, José Villalonga, Licio Gelli, Charles Sweeney, and Margaret Burbidge. Among people deceased in 1949, Valentino Mazzola ranks 40. Before him are Nikola Zhekov, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Harry Stack Sullivan, André-Louis Debierne, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, and Henry McMahon. After him are José Clemente Orozco, John Haigh, Béla Balázs, Joaquín Turina, Aino Aalto, and Hans Pfitzner.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Valentino Mazzola ranks 1,492 out of 5,161. Before him are Franco Alfano (1875), Luigi Facta (1861), Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (-49), Andrea Dandolo (1306), Milo Manara (1945), and Fausto Sozzini (1539). After him are Giuseppe Saragat (1898), Lucifer of Cagliari (201), Alessandro Nesta (1976), Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441), Julia Drusilla (39), and Quintus Hortensius (-114).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Valentino Mazzola ranks 32. Before him are Gianpiero Combi (1902), Gianluca Vialli (1964), Gian Piero Gasperini (1958), Gennaro Gattuso (1978), Alessandro Costacurta (1966), and Giovanni Ferrari (1907). After him are Alessandro Nesta (1976), Marco Materazzi (1973), Daniele Massaro (1961), Gianfranco Zola (1966), Roberto Boninsegna (1943), and Lorenzo Buffon (1929).

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