Del Vecchio
Personal information
Full name Emanuele Del Vecchio
Date of birth (1934-09-24)24 September 1934
Place of birth São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 7 October 1995(1995-10-07) (aged 61)
Place of death Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1957 Santos 180[2] (105)
1957–1958 Verona 27 (13)
1959–1961 Napoli 68 (27)
1961–1962 Padova 21 (8)
1962 Milan 9 (3)
1962–1963 Padova 4 (0)
1963–1964 Boca Juniors 6 (3)
1964–1967 São Paulo 69 (34)
1967 Bangu
1968–1970 Atlético Paranaense
International career
1956–1957 Brazil 9 (1)
Managerial career
1984 Santos
1986 Internacional de Limeira
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emanuele Del Vecchio, commonly known as Del Vecchio (24 September 1934[3] – 7 October 1995[3]), was a Brazilian football forward, who played for the Brazil national team.

Club career

Born in São Vicente, São Paulo, Del Vecchio started his career in 1954, defending Santos,[4] and being part of the squad that won the Campeonato Paulista in 1955 and in 1956,[3] finishing as that competition's top goalscorer with 23 goals in 1955.[5] He then transferred to Italy, where he scored 13 goals in the 27 Italian Serie A games he played for Verona.[1] Del Vecchio then played 68 Italian League games and scored 27 goals for Napoli, before moving to Padova, where he scored eight goals in 21 games.[1] After joining Milan, he won the local league in 1962,[3] and scored three goals in the nine games he played for the club.[1] Del Vecchio returned to Padova in 1962, playing four more games for the club.[6] He played six Argentine League games and scored three goals for Boca Juniors of Argentina,[1] before returning to Brazil where he played for São Paulo, Bangu and Atlético Paranaense before retiring.[3]

International career

Del Vecchio played nine games and scored a goal for the Brazil national team between 1956 and 1957.[7] Among the games he played include four appearances in the South American Championship in 1956, where the Brazilian team managed a fourth–place finish.[4] Del Vecchio played his first game on 24 January 1956, against Chile, scoring his only goal for the national team on 16 June 1957, against Portugal.[7] He played his last game on 10 July 1957, against Argentina.[7] Defending his country, he won the Roca Cup in 1955.[7]

Honours

Club

Milan

Santos

International

Brazil

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Del Vecchio Emanuele" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Santos Futebol Clube - Site Oficial". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. pp. 54–55. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  4. ^ a b "Del Vecchio - Atacante" (in Portuguese). CBF. 17 January 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Artilheiros da história" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Brazilian Players and Coaches in Italy". RSSSF. 17 January 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  7. ^ a b c d Napoleão, Antônio Carlos; Assaf, Roberto (2006). Seleção Brasileira 1914-2006. São Paulo: Mauad X. p. 245. ISBN 85-7478-186-X.
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