Carlo Castellani

Carlo Castellani
Personal information
Date of birth (1909-01-15)15 January 1909
Place of birth Fibbiana [it], Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy
Date of death 11 August 1944(1944-08-11) (aged 35)
Place of death Mauthausen-Gusen, Austria
Position(s) Striker[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1930 Empoli
1930–1933 Livorno
1933–1934 Viareggio Calcio
1934–1939 Empoli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlo Castellani (15 January 1909 – 11 August 1944) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker for Empoli, Livorno and Viareggio Calcio. He was deported to Gusen concentration camp in early 1944 in place of his anti-fascist father, and died there on 11 August 1944, aged 35.

  1. ^ Lara, Miguel Ángel (14 February 2013). "El goleador que se entregó a los nazis para salvar a su padre". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2022.