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Gaudenzio Bernasconi

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Gaudenzio Bernasconi
Bernasconi with Sampdoria in 1961
Personal information
Date of birth (1932-08-08)8 August 1932
Place of birth Ponte San Pietro, Italy
Date of death 10 January 2023(2023-01-10) (aged 90)
Place of death Bergamo, Italy
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1952 Ponte San Pietro 51 (0)
1952–1954 Atalanta 54 (0)
1954–1965 Sampdoria 334 (0)
1965–1968 Jesi 89 (0)
1968–1970 Urbino 38 (0)
International career
1956–1959 Italy 6 (0)
Managerial career
1967–1968 Jesi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gaudenzio Bernasconi (Italian pronunciation: [ɡauˈdɛntsjo bernaˈskoːni]; 8 August 1932 – 10 January 2023)[1] was an Italian football player and coach, who played as a midfielder. He held the record for most appearances for Sampdoria[2] with 334, and is now third, behind only Roberto Mancini and Moreno Mannini.

Club career

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Bernasconi played for 13 seasons (388 games, no goals) in the Italian Serie A for Atalanta B.C. and U.C. Sampdoria.

International career

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Bernasconi made his debut for the Italy national team on 25 April 1956 in a game against Brazil. In total, he obtained six caps for Italy between 1956 and 1959.

References

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  1. ^ Addio a Gaudenzio Bernasconi, bandiera della Sampdoria ed ex Nazionale (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Obituaries". World Soccer. March 2023. p. 20.
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