Pietro Buscaglia

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Pietro Buscaglia
1935–36 Serie A - FBC Torino v Bologna AGC
Personal information
Date of birth (1911-02-09)9 February 1911
Place of birth Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 12 July 1997(1997-07-12) (aged 86)
Place of death Vigevano, Italy
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1932 Vigevanesi
1932–1934 Lazio 34 (5)
1934–1938 Torino 80 (35)
1938–1941 Milano 40 (10)
1941–1942 Savona 27 (10)
1942–1943 Abbiategrasso
1944–1947 Vigevano
International career
1937 Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pietro Buscaglia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro buˈskaʎʎa]; 9 February 1911 – 12 July 1997) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career[edit]

Buscaglia played for 9 seasons (153 games, 50 goals) in the Serie A for clubs S.S. Lazio, A.C. Torino and A.C. Milan.

He was among the top 10 goalscorers of Serie A on two occasions: 1935–36 and 1936–37 (second best scorer with 17 goals behind Silvio Piola with 21).

International career[edit]

Buscaglia played his only game for the Italy national football team on 25 April 1937 in a game against Hungary.

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