Attilio Ferraris

Attilio Ferraris
	Attilio Ferraris
Personnel
Surname	Attilio Ferraris (IV)
birthday	March 26, 1904
place of birth	Rome , Italy
date of death	May 8, 1947
Place of death	Montecatini Terme , Italy
size	170 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
until 1922	Fortitudo Pro Roma
Men's
National team
	1 Only league games are given.

Attilio Ferraris (born March 26, 1904 in Rome , Italy , † May 8, 1947 in Montecatini Terme ( PT ), Italy) was an Italian football player .

Attilio Ferraris, also known as Ferraris IV, was world champion with Italy in 1934 and is still a legendary player , especially among AS Roma fans .

He was not related or related by marriage to Pietro Ferraris . Since there were several players with the surname Ferraris during his playing days, he often appears in statistics as Ferraris IV.

Life

Attilio Ferraris grew up in Rome, his father had his own business repairing dolls.

Throughout his career, Ferraris was known for his lifestyle, which is atypical for a top athlete. He was a passionate smoker, loved to play poker and was considered an incorrigible womanizer . In 1938 he promised national coach Vittorio Pozzo to quit smoking so that he would nominate him for the World Cup in France , but he did not and so missed the World Cup participation and thus his second World Cup title.

After finishing his professional career, Ferraris played for Elettronica until the age of 40 and only stopped playing football because he was suspended for life after beating a referee .

Attilio Ferraris died on May 8, 1947, at an old boys game in Montecatini Terme , on the football field. His tombstone on the Campo di Verano in Rome bears the simple inscription “Attilio Ferraris - World Champion”.

Career

In the club

Attilio Ferraris began his career on the pitch of the Istituto Pio X not far from Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome . His first club was Fortitudo Pro Roma , which was absorbed by AS Roma in 1927 . His nickname Biondino de Borgo Pio (the blond boy from Borgo Pio ) also came from this early period . From 1927 he ran for the newly founded AS Roma and completed a total of 198 league games for the club in the following seven years as an outside player, defender and central midfielder.

As a typical Roman character, Ferraris regularly transformed himself into a relentless fighter on the field for whom only victory counted. However, he always remained a fair and correct sportsman. His duels with Juventino Raimundo Orsi in particular are legendary to this day.

From 1934 to 1936 Attilio Ferraris played for Lazio Rome , then two years for AS Bari . In 1938/39 he returned to the Roma . In the 1939/40 season Ferraris played for Catania Calcio in Serie B and then ended his professional career.

In the national team

Attilio Ferraris debuted on January 1, 1928 at 3: 2 against Switzerland in Genoa in the national team . This made him the first Italian international in the history of AS Roma. In the same year he took part with the Olympic team at the Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and was able to celebrate winning the bronze medal there.

In 1934 , Ferraris was part of the Italian squad who celebrated their first world championship title in their own country . At this tournament he was used by coach Vittorio Pozzo as the right runner and played three games, including the final against Czechoslovakia , which they won 2-1 after extra time.

On November 14, 1934, Ferraris was also on the field in the legendary 3-2 defeat against England , which went down in history as the Battle of Highbury and earned another nickname: il Leone di Highbury (the Lion of Highbury ) . The last of his 28 internationals was played against France in 1935 by Ferraris .

successes

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Ferraris, Attilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 26, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome
DATE OF DEATH	May 8, 1947
Place of death	Montecatini Terme

Personnel
Attilio Ferraris

Surname	Attilio Ferraris (IV)
birthday	March 26, 1904
place of birth	Rome , Italy
date of death	May 8, 1947
Place of death	Montecatini Terme , Italy
size	170 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
until 1922	Fortitudo Pro Roma
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) ¹
1922-1927	Fortitudo Pro Roma	61 (3)
1927-1934	AS Roma	198 (3)
1934-1936	Lazio Rome	39 (0)
1936-1938	AS Bari	54 (0)
1938-1939	AS Roma	12 (0)
1939-1940	Catania Calcio	15 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1926-1935	Italy	28 (0)
¹ Only league games are given.