Date of birth 15 February 1930 1951-195? Italy Place of birth Baricella, Italy 1968-1969 Bologna | Years Team Name Cesarino Cervellati 1948-1962 Bologna Role Footballer | |
Cesarino Cervellati (born 15 February 1930) was an Italian footballer and manager from Baricella in the Province of Bologna, who played as a forward, usually as a right winger.
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Club career
Cervellati was a one club man in the truest sense of the term, spending fourteen seasons as a player at his home province side Bologna. He made his Serie A debut with the club on 21 November 1948, in an 8–2 away defeat to Lazio. Between 1948 and 1962, he scored 88 league goals for the team in 300 appearances, winning a Mitropa Cup title in 1961.
International career
Cervellati represented Italy at international level on 6 occasions between 1951 and 1961; he made his debut on 6 May 1951, in a 0–0 home draw against Yugoslavia.
After retirement
After retiring from the playing field, Cervellati was known to keep in touch with his roots at Bologna, going on to have five managerial spells at the club where he is considered in such high regard; he won a Serie A title with the club in 1964, serving as an assistant manager to Fulvio Bernardini.