Aldo Campatelli

Aldo Campatelli

Personal information
Full name	Aldo Campatelli
Date of birth	7 April 1919
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Date of death	3 June 1984 (aged 65)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1936–1950	Inter	304	(44)
1950–1953	Bologna	46	(7)
National team
1939–1950	Italy	7	(0)
Teams managed
1954–1955	Vicenza
1955	Inter
1956–1957	Bologna
1959–1960	Inter
1965–1966	Vicenza
1968–1969	Genoa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Aldo Campatelli (7 April 1919 – 3 June 1984) was an Italian football (soccer) player.

Born in Milan, Campatelli debuted in Serie A at 17 years of age and played for Inter twelve seasons; in his early years he played a wing inclined towards goal then moved to midfield and later to defense. At twenty years of age he had already won a championship and had been called up to the national team by Pozzo to replace Serantoni in midfield. In 1940 he won his second title with Inter becoming the pillar of midfield yet never losing his great striking ability. A stylish player with fine ball skills he played a few internationals before being called up to the 1950 World Cup squad. He wore the number 10 jersey in the game against Sweden which was hist last game for the 'Azzurri'. After the World Cup he went to Bologna where two years later he closed a brilliant career to become a coach. In his last two years at Inter he became the idol of a defender from Friuli, Enzo Bearzot, who later became the coach of the Italian team that won the 1982 World Cup.

External links

• Interfc.it (Italian)