Carlo Bigatto

Carlo Bigatto
Picture of Bigatto in the Museum of Juventus Turin
Personnel
birthday	August 29, 1895
place of birth	Balzola ,  Italy
date of death	September 16, 1942
Place of death	Turin ,  Italy
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1913-1931	Juventus Turin	235 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1925-1927	Italy	5 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1934-1935	Juventus Turin
1 Only league games are given.

Carlo Bigatto (born August 29, 1895 in Balzola , † September 16, 1942 in Turin ) was an Italian football player and coach .

During his playing days, Bigatto played in midfield. His trademark was a white and black cap that reached down the sides to over the ears and which he wore to protect his hair. In some statistics he will Bigatto I called.

Career

Carlo Bigatto began playing football, like many of his later teammates at Juventus Turin , in the youth team of the Turin College “San Giuseppe” and was initially a striker . He spent his entire career at Juventus Turin, for which he was active from 1913 to 1931.

Bigatto made his Juventus debut on October 12, 1913 in a 3-1 home win over Libertas Milan . During the First World War he served in the Pinerolo Infantry Brigade , with which he fought on all fronts .

After his return to Juve , Carlo Bigatto, known as a chain smoker, played in the central midfield and only helped out in the attack when needed. In 1922 he was captain of the Old Lady . Bigatto made his debut in the Italian national team on March 22, 1925 in a 7-0 win over France . By 1927 he completed a total of five international matches for the Squadra Azzurra , in which he failed to score. In the 1925/26 season , Bigatto won his first Italian championship under Jenő Károly and József Viola with Juve after a 7-1 win and a 5-0 win against Alba Rome . The Italian was a regular in midfield in the team that was peppered with stars of the time such as Combi , Hirzer or Munerati . In 1930/31 his second Scudetto followed under Carlo Carcano , but Bigatto was only used once. After the season that heralded the time of Quinquennio d'Oro , the Italian ended his active career.

Throughout his playing career, Bigatto insisted on remaining an amateur . His personal freedom was so important to the Italian that he categorically refused to accept any money for his performances, even though at the end of his career he was already playing with full-time professionals such as Virginio Rosetta .

After the end of his active career, Carlo Bigatto worked for a short time as a coach at Juventus. From December 16, 1934 he replaced Carlo Carcano, who had been dismissed under pressure from the fascist regime for his homosexuality and who had previously led the team to four Italian championships in a row. Bigatto and assistant coach Benedetto Gola won the title again with the old lady in 1934/35 , two points ahead of Ambrosiana-Inter . For the next season they were followed by Virginio Rosetta as coach.

Carlo Biagatto died on September 16, 1942 at the age of 47 in Turin.

successes

• Italian Championship :
  • 1925/26 , 1930/31 (as a player)
  • 1934/35 (as trainer)

Web links

Commons : Carlo Bigatto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Carlo Bigatto in the database of weltfussball.de
• Carlo Bigatto at www.juworld.net (Italian)
• Il pallone racconta - Carlo Bigatto (Italian)
• Newspaper report on Bigatto's death (Italian)