Ernesto Castano
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ernesto Castano | ||
Date of birth | 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 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ernesto Castano (Italian pronunciation: [erˈnɛsto ˈkastano];[citation needed] 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.[1]
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.[2]
Honours
Club
- Juventus
- Coppa Italia: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65
- Serie A 1959–60, 1960–61, 1966–67
International
- Italy
References
- ^ Ernesto Castano at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "La storia". assocalciatori.it (in Italian). Associazione Italiana Calciatori. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- 1939 births
- Living people
- People from Cinisello Balsamo
- Italian footballers
- Italy international footballers
- A.C. Legnano players
- U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players
- Juventus F.C. players
- UEFA Euro 1968 players
- UEFA European Championship-winning players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Association football defenders
- Italian football defender stubs