Giovanni Viola
| Giovanni Viola | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | June 20, 1926 | |
| place of birth | San Benigno Canavese , Italy | |
| date of death | July 7, 2008 | |
| size | 179 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Juventus Turin | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1945-1958 | Juventus Turin | 244 (0) |
| 1946-1947 | → Carrarese (loan) | |
| 1947-1948 | → Como Calcio (loan) | |
| 1948-1949 | → Lucchese (loan) | 33 (0) |
| 1958-1959 | Brescia Calcio | 27 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1949-1950 | Italy B | 4 (0) |
| 1954-1956 | Italy | 11 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| Juventus Turin (youth coach) | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Giovanni Viola (born June 20, 1926 in San Benigno Canavese , Italy , † July 7, 2008 ) was an Italian football player in the position of goalkeeper .
Career
In the club
Giovanni Viola began his career at Juventus Turin , for which he already played in the youth department. He made his professional debut on February 10, 1946, at the age of 19, in a 2-0 win against Atalanta Bergamo . Between 1946 and 1949, Viola was at various smaller clubs, first in the series B and later in the Serie A on loan. For the 1949/50 season he returned to Juve to take over from Lucidio Sentimenti . Viola won three Italian championships with Juventus , although he was only used once in the last 1957/58 because Carlo Mattrel was given preference by coach Ljubiša Broćić . The season 1958/59 the goalkeeper spent at Brescia Calcio in Serie B, after which he ended his professional career. He later worked for many years as a coach in the youth department of Juventus Turin.
In the national team
After four B-internationals 1949-1950 Giovanni Viola was to have played without a senior international, national coach Lajos Czeizler in the squad of the Azzurri for the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland called. In the play-off of Group 4, which Italy lost 4-1 to the hosts , he made his debut for the senior national team on June 23, 1954 . By 1956 Viola completed a total of eleven international matches for the Squadra Azzurra .
successes
Web links
- Giovanni Viola in the database of weltfussball.de
- Giovanni Viola in the database of the Enciclopedia del Calcio (Italian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viola, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Benigno Canavese |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 2008 |