Italo Vassallo

Italo Vassallo
Personal information
Date of birth 1940 (1940)
Place of birth Asmara, Italian East Africa
Date of death 30 July 2021(2021-07-30) (aged 80–81)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Hamasien
1961–1973 Cotton Factory Club
International career
1962–1971 Ethiopia 10+ (4+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Italo Vassallo (1940 – 30 July 2021[1]) was an Italian-Eritrean footballer. He played for Ethiopia internationally, scoring in their 1962 Africa Cup of Nations final victory over Egypt. His half-brother is Luciano Vassallo, a former footballer for the Ethiopian team.[2]

  1. ^ È morto Italo Vassallo, col fratello portò l’Etiopia ai vertici del calcio (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Ethiopian soccer great Italo Vassallo speaks out". Ethiopian Review. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2011.