Vittorio Staccione
Vittorio Staccione (born April 9, 1904 in Turin , † March 16, 1945 in Gusen concentration camp ) was an Italian football player .
Career
The staccione, who came from a socialist household, was discovered by Heinrich Bachmann at the age of eleven and accepted into the youth team of the Foot Ball Club Torino . In February 1924 he made his debut in a game against Hellas Verona in the competition team. After a season with the Lombard competitor US Cremonese , he was active again for the Turin club from 1925. In the championship 1926/27 , his younger brother Eugenio made his debut at his side, but both were often not the first choice under coach Imre Schoffer . The championship title was subsequently withdrawn from the club after manipulation during the season.
Staccione moved to Fiorentina , where he became one of the main pillars in the club's early years. In the debut season of Serie B he placed fourth with the club, at the end of the 1930/31 season he was promoted to Serie A as a second division champion . After a stroke of fate, his wife died together with his daughter shortly after their birth, he switched to Cosenza Calcio within Serie B , where his former teammate Mihály Balacics later trained him.
After the end of his football career in 1934, Staccione returned to Turin and worked for FIAT . After organizing a strike in March 1944, he was arrested by the police and handed over to the SS . On March 16, he and his older brother Francesco, who was arrested with him, were deported to Mauthausen concentration camp , where he arrived on March 20. Together with Ferdinando Valletti , a former AC Milan midfielder , he was partially used in the camp's soccer team. After a year he was transferred to the Gusen concentration camp . There, an attack by a guard caused a deep leg injury. Without necessary medical treatment, he developed gangrene and died of sepsis in a concentration camp .
In January 2019 a stumbling stone was laid in honor of Staccione in Turin by Gunter Demnig in the presence of a representative of the city and of Turin FC. At the Stadio Giovanni Zini , a marble slab with a bronze work by the sculptor Mario Coppetti commemorates athletes from Cremona who were victims of the Italian fascist regime; among them is also called staccione.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Staccione, Vittorio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1945 |
| Place of death | Gusen concentration camp , Austria |