Ernesto Castano

Ernesto Castano

Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Castano
Date of birth	(1939-05-02) 2 May 1939
Place of birth	Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Balsamese
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956–1957	Legnano	26	(0)
1957–1958	Triestina	31	(0)
1958–1970	Juventus	265	(0)
Total		322	(0)
International career
1959–1969	Italy	7	(0)
Medal record Representing Italy Association football UEFA European Football Championship Italy 1968
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernesto Castano (Italian pronunciation: [erˈnɛsto ˈkastano]; born 2 May 1939) is a former Italian football player from Cinisello Balsamo in the Province of Milan, who played as a defender. Throughout his club career he played for Legnano, Triestina, and Juventus, winning domestic titles at the latter club. At international level, he was a member of the Italy national football team that won UEFA Euro 1968.

Club career

Castano played club football for three Italian clubs throughout his career: Legnano, Triestina, and most prominently with Juventus, where he won several domestic titles, also serving as the team's captain.

International career

At international level, Castano also played for the Italian national football team on seven occasions between 1959 and 1969, winning the 1968 UEFA European Championship on home soil.

Outside of football

On 3 July 1968, Castano founded the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC), in Milan, along with several fellow footballers, such as Giacomo Bulgarelli, Sandro Mazzola, Gianni Rivera, Giancarlo De Sisti, and Giacomo Losi, as well as the recently retired Sergio Campana, also a lawyer, who was appointed president of the association.

Honours

Club

Juventus

• Coppa Italia: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65
• Serie A 1959–60, 1960–61, 1966–67

International

Italy

• UEFA European Football Championship: 1968