Pietro Rava

Pietro Rava
Rava in 1935
Personal information
Full name Pietro Rava
Date of birth (1916-01-21)21 January 1916
Place of birth Cassine, Alessandria, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 5 November 2006(2006-11-05) (aged 90)
Place of death Turin, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1943 Juventus 180 (3)
1944 Juventus 14 (1)
1944–1946 US Alessandria 50 (8)
1946–1947 Juventus 38 (5)
1947–1950 Novara 73 (3)
Total 355 (21)
International career
1935–1946 Italy 30 (0)
Managerial career
1952–1954 Padova
1956 Sampdoria
1957 Palermo
1961–1963 Alessandria
Medal record
 Italy
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin
FIFA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1938 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pietro Rava (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro ˈraːva]; 21 January 1916 – 5 November 2006)[1] was an Italian football defender and coach, who played as a full-back. He won the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1938 FIFA World Cup with the Italy national team.[2]

  1. ^ Brian Glanville (6 December 2006). "Pietro Rava". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Pietro Rava". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2021.