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Pietro Buscaglia

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Pietro Buscaglia
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

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

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