_-_2.jpg) Mauro Bellugi with Inter Milan in 1972 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauro Bellugi | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Buonconvento, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 20 February 2021 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1974 | Inter Milan | 90 | (1) |
| 1974–1979 | Bologna | 93 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Napoli | 30 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Pistoiese | 20 | (0) |
| Total | 233 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1972–1980 | Italy | 32 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mauro Bellugi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmauro belˈluːdʒi]; 7 February 1950 – 20 February 2021) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender.[1]
Bellugi started his career with Inter Milan, making his debut for them on 31 August 1969 in a Coppa Italia match. In five seasons with Inter he played 90 Serie A matches, and 137 times in all senior competitions.[2]
Bellugi later also played for Bologna F.C. (1974–79), S.S.C. Napoli (1979–80) and A.C. Pistoiese (1980–81).[1]
Bellugi played 31 matches for the Italy national football team from 1972 to 1979.[1] He played five games in the 1978 FIFA World Cup,[3] where Italy managed a fourth-place finish, and was also in the squad for the 1974 tournament.[4] His final game for Italy was against Switzerland in Udine on 17 November 1979.[5] He was an unused member of the Italian squad that managed a fourth-place finish at UEFA Euro 1980 on home soil.
Bellugi died from complications of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, thirteen days after his 71st birthday.[6]
