Alfonso Negro

Alfonso Negro
Personal information
Date of birth (1915-06-27)27 June 1915
Place of birth Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of death 7 November 1984(1984-11-07) (aged 69)
Place of death Florence, Italy
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1930–1933 Angri ? (?)
1933–1934 Catanzaro 23 (6)
1934–1938 Fiorentina 52 (5)
1934–1938 Napoli 25 (3)
1942–1952 Ercolanese ? (?)
International career
1936 Italy 1 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place Summer Olympics 1936 Berlin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfonso Negro (Italian pronunciation: [alˈfɔnso ˈneːɡro]; 5 July 1915 – 7 November 1984) was an American-born Italian football (soccer) player, who played as a forward; he is believed to be the first American-born player in Serie A and the first American-born player to have played for Italy.[citation needed]