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Place of birth
  
Name
  
Riccardo Carapellese

Place of death
  
Role
  
Football player

Years
  
Team

Playing position
  
Forward

1942–1943
  
Spezia


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Date of birth
  
(1922-07-01)1 July 1922

Date of death
  
20 October 1995(1995-10-20) (aged 73)

Died
  
October 20, 1995, Rapallo, Italy

Riccardo Carapellese (1 July 1922 – 20 October 1995) was an Italian football manager and player who played as a striker.

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Club career

Carapellese started his career in the 1942–43 season with Spezia Calcio 1906 in Serie B where he played 19 games and scored 3 goals. After a stint with Como, he debuted in Serie A with Milan, in which he remained until 1949 and gained a place in the national team. In the 1949–50 season, after the Grande Torino Superga tragedy, he was acquired by Torino, inheriting the captain's armband from Valentino Mazzola.

In 1952 he moved to Torino's cross-city rivals Juventus, playing for the Bianconeri for only a season, after which he went to Genoa. In 1957 he returned to Serie B with Catania where he ended his career in 1959. In total, he played 318 matches throughout his career and scored 111 goals.

International career

With the Italy national football team, Carapellese made his debut in November 1947 in 1 5–1 away defeat against Austria, scoring the only goal of the match for Italy. He participated at the 1950 FIFA World Cup as Italy's captain, scoring two goals in his nation's matches with Sweden and Paraguay.

Personal life

Carapellese was born in Cerignola, province of Foggia. He died in Rapallo in 1995 at 73 years of age.

References

Riccardo Carapellese Wikipedia


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