Riccardo Carapellese

Riccardo Carapellese

Personal information
Date of birth	(1922-07-01)1 July 1922
Place of birth	Cerignola, Italy
Date of death	20 October 1995(1995-10-20) (aged 73)
Place of death	Rapallo, Italy
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1930–1934	Caligaris
1934–1936	Torino
1936–1937	Saluggia
1937–1938	Barcanova
1938–1939	Torino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1942–1943	Spezia	19	(3)
1945–1946	Como	16	(3)
1946–1949	Milan	106	(52)
1949–1952	Torino	98	(28)
1952–1953	Juventus	20	(9)
1953–1957	Genoa	94	(22)
1957–1959	Catania	30	(9)
1960–1961	Vigevano	0	(0)
1961–1962	Ternana	3	(0)
International career
1947–1956	Italy	16	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Riccardo Carapellese (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo karapelˈleːse; -eːze]; 1 July 1922 – 20 October 1995) was an Italian football manager and player who played as a striker.

Club career

Carapellese started his career in the 1942–43 season with Spezia in Serie B where he played 19 games and scored 3 goals. After a stint with Como, he debuted in Serie A with Milan, in which he remained until 1949 and gained a place in the national team. In the 1949–50 season, after the Grande Torino Superga tragedy, he was acquired by Torino, inheriting the captain's armband from Valentino Mazzola.

In 1952 he moved to Torino's cross-city rivals Juventus, playing for the Bianconeri for only a season, after which he went to Genoa. In 1957 he returned to Serie B with Catania where he ended his career in 1959. In total, he played 318 matches throughout his career and scored 111 goals.

International career

With the Italy national football team, Carapellese made his debut in November 1947 in a 5–1 away defeat against Austria, scoring the only goal of the match for Italy. He participated at the 1950 FIFA World Cup as Italy's captain, scoring two goals in his nation's matches with Sweden and Paraguay.

Personal life

Carapellese was born in Cerignola, province of Foggia. He died in Rapallo in 1995 at 73 years of age.