Giacomo Mari

Giacomo Mari

Personal information
Full name	Giacomo Mari
Date of birth	17 October 1924
Place of birth	Vescovato, Italy
Date of death	16 October 1991 (aged 66)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1942–1946	Cremonese	23	(0)
1946–1949	Atalanta	83	(8)
1949–1953	Juventus	132	(9)
1953–1956	Sampdoria	72	(3)
1956–1960	Padova	120	(3)
1960–1961	Cremonese	28	(1)
National team
1948–1954	Italy	8	(0)
Teams managed
1961–1962	Calcio Padova
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Giacomo Mari (17 October 1924 – 16 October 1991) was an Italian football (soccer) player. Giacomo Mari is one of five Italian players (the others are Giampiero Boniperti, Gino Cappello, Ermes Muccinelli and Egisto Pandolfini) that played in both the 1950 and 1954 World Cups. Tireless, Giacomo Mari was a classic halfback waiting in the folds of midfield ready to halt the attack of the opposing forwards and wings. After three years of breaking in at Atalanta in his early career, he played four seasons with Juventus winning two championships next to the great Carlo Parola. Before the 1954 World Cup he went to Sampdoria and then concluded playing in Serie A with Padova. With the national team he debuted at the 1948 London Olympics, against Paraguay at the 1950 World Cup and against Switzerland at the 1954 World Cup.

References

• La Gazzetta dello Sport