Bruno Neri
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 October 1910 | ||
Date of death | 10 July 1944 | (aged 33)||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1926–1929 | Faenza | ||
1929–1936 | Fiorentina | 187 | (1) |
1936–1937 | Lucchese | 25 | (0) |
1937–1940 | Torino | 65 | (1) |
1940–1944 | Faenza | ||
Total | 277 | (2) | |
International career | |||
1936–1937 | Italy | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bruno Neri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbruːno ˈneːri]; 12 October 1910 – 10 July 1944) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, and a World War II partisan.
Football career
Neri played club football for Faenza, Fiorentina, Lucchese and Torino; he also earned three caps for the Italian national team.[1][2]
Activities during World War II
In 1940, Neri began combining his playing career with anti-fascist activities; he was killed in an ambush by German troops on 10 July 1944.[3]
References
- ^ Bruno Neri at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Profile" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation.
- ^ Matthew Barker (25 April 2012). "Bruno Neri, the footballer who stood up to fascism". When Saturday Comes. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1944 deaths
- Italian footballers
- Italy international footballers
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- S.S.D. Lucchese 1905 players
- Torino F.C. players
- Italian anti-fascists
- Italian resistance members
- Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany
- Association football midfielders
- Italian football midfielder stubs