Angelo Schiavio

Angelo Schiavio
Schiavio with Bologna in 1925
Personal information
Full name Angelo Schiavio
Date of birth (1905-10-15)15 October 1905
Place of birth Bologna, Italy
Date of death 17 September 1990(1990-09-17) (aged 84)
Place of death Bologna, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1939 Bologna 348 (242)
Total 348 (242)
International career
1925–1934 Italy 21 (15)
Managerial career
1933–1934 Bologna
1946 Bologna
1953–1958 Italy
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1934 Italy
Central European International Cup
Winner 1927–30 Europe
Winner 1933–35 Europe
Summer Olympics
Third place 1928 Amsterdam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Angelo Schiavio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo ˈskjaːvjo]; 15 October 1905 – 17 September 1990) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. Schiavio spent his entire career with Bologna, the club of the city where he was born and died; he won four league titles with the club, and is the team's all-time highest goalscorer. He won the 1934 FIFA World Cup with Italy, finishing as the tournament's second highest goalscorer; winning the 1927–30 Central European International Cup & 1933–35 Central European International Cup and he also won a bronze medal with Italy at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1] Following his retirement, he later also managed both Bologna and the Italy national side.

Regarded as one of Italy's greatest strikers, he was a quick, prolific, powerful, and technically gifted forward;[2][3][4] in 2012, he was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.[4]

Schiavo, who died on 17 September 1990 at the age of 84 in the Malpighi hospital of Bologna,[4] was also the last surviving player from Italy's 1934 World Cup winning team.

  1. ^ "Angelo Schiavio". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ Marino Bortoletti. "Schiavio, Angelo" (in Italian). Treccani: Enciclopedia dello Sport. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ "1934 Italia: Capitolo VII: Ritratti dei Campioni del Mondo" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Sbetti, Nicola (2018). "SCHIAVIO, Angelo in "Dizionario Biografico"" (in Italian). www.treccani.it. Retrieved 19 November 2021.