Edoardo Mariani
Personal information
Date of birth (1893-03-05)5 March 1893
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Date of death 7 January 1956(1956-01-07) (aged 62)
Place of death Pisa, Italy
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1910 Milan 14 (3)
1910–1915 Genoa 87 (13)
1918–1920 Milan 23 (6)
1920–1924 Genoa 53 (5)
1924–1925 Lazio 4 (0)
1925–1927 Savona 21 (0)
International career
1912 Italy 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edoardo Mariani (Italian pronunciation: [edoˈardo maˈrjaːni]; 5 March 1893 – 7 January 1956) was an Italian footballer who played as a left winger.[1]

International career

Mariani made four appearances for Italy, all of which came in 1912. He became the youngest forward to start a match for Italy, when he made his debut against France, starting in a 3–4 friendly loss in Turin on 17 March 1912, at the age of 19 years and 12 days.[2][3][4] This record was later bettered by Leopoldo Conti, who made his international debut on 28 March 1920, starting in a 3–0 friendly away loss to Switzerland, at the age of 18 years, 351 days.[2][5][6] Mariani is either the third or fourth-youngest player ever to start a match for Italy, behind only Conti, Eugenio Mosso, and possibly Rodolfo Gavinelli. Mosso made his only international appearance for Italy on 5 April 1914, starting in a 1–1 friendly away draw against Switzerland, at the age of 18 years, 238 days.[2][7][8][9] Gavinelli, on the other hand, made his only international appearance for Italy on 9 April 1911, starting in a 2–2 friendly away draw against France, at the age of either 20 years, 98 days, or 16 years, 98 days, as it is not known officially whether he was born on 1 January in 1891 or 1895.[2][10][11][12] He later competed for Italy in the men's football tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[13] Mariani made 3 appearances for Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics, including his final international appearance, which came in a 5–1 defeat to Austria on 3 July.

References

  1. ^ "Edoardo Mariani". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kean titolare in Nazionale a 19 anni: non accadeva da 100 anni" (in Italian). Goal.com. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ "RECORD BREAKER Moise Kean: Who is the record-breaking Italian stealing Juventus team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo's secrets?". talkSPORT. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Italia-Francia 3-4" (in Italian). www.italia1910.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Svizzera-Italia 3-0" (in Italian). www.italia1910.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Conti, Leopoldo" (in Italian). www.italia1910.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Mosso, Eugenio" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Italia-Svizzera 1-1" (in Italian). www.italia1910.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Mosso, Eugenio" (in Italian). www.italia1910.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Gavinelli, Rodolfo" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Francia-Italia 2-2" (in Italian). www.italia1910.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Gavinelli, Pietro Antonio" (in Italian). www.italia1910.com. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  13. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edoardo Mariani Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

External links

Italy football squad – 1912 Summer Olympics
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