Gigi Meroni

Luigi Meroni
Meroni with Torino
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-02-24)24 February 1943
Place of birth Como, Italy
Date of death 15 October 1967(1967-10-15) (aged 24)
Place of death Turin, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
19??–1960 Libertas San Bartolomeo
1960–1961 Como
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1962 Como 25 (3)
1962–1964 Genoa 42 (7)
1964–1967 Torino 103 (22)
Total 170 (32)
International career
1964 Italia B 2 (1)
1966–1967 Italy 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Commemorative plaque on the place of the accident, Corso Re Umberto number 46

Luigi "Gigi" Meroni (Italian pronunciation: [luˈiːdʒi ˈdʒiːdʒi meˈroːni]; 24 February 1943 – 15 October 1967) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a winger.

He played 145 matches in Serie A, scoring 29 goals.[1] At international level, he represented Italy on six occasions between 1966 and 1967, scoring two goals, and took part at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

  1. ^ "Gigi Meroni". storiedicalcio.altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 23 April 2015.