Giacomo Mari

Giacomo Mari

Mari with Juventus in 1951
Personal information
Full name	Giacomo Mari
Date of birth	(1924-10-17)17 October 1924
Place of birth	Vescovato, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death	16 October 1991(1991-10-16) (aged 66)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1942–1946	Cremonese	23	(0)
1946–1949	Atalanta	83	(8)
1949–1953	Juventus	132	(9)
1953–1956	Sampdoria	72	(3)
1956–1960	Padova	120	(3)
1960–1961	Cremonese	28	(1)
Total		458	(24)
International career
1948–1954	Italy	8	(0)
Managerial career
1961–1962	Calcio Padova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giacomo Mari (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo ˈmaːri]; 17 October 1924 – 16 October 1991) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

After three years of breaking in at Atalanta in his early career, Mari played four seasons with Juventus, winning two Serie A championships, playing alongside the great Carlo Parola. Before the 1954 World Cup, he went to Sampdoria and then concluded playing in Serie A with Padova.

International career

Giacomo Mari is one of five Italian players (the others are Giampiero Boniperti, Gino Cappello, Ermes Muccinelli and Egisto Pandolfini) that played for Italy in both the 1950 and 1954 World Cups. With the Italy national team, he debuted at the 1948 London Olympics, against Paraguay; he also featured against Switzerland at the 1954 World Cup.

Style of play

A tireless runner, Giacomo Mari was a classic halfback, waiting in the folds of midfield ready to halt the attack of the opposing forwards and wings.

External links

• La Gazzetta dello Sport