Giorgio Ghezzi

Giorgio Ghezzi
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-07-11)11 July 1930
Place of birth Cesenatico, Italy
Date of death 12 December 1990(1990-12-12) (aged 60)
Place of death Forlì, Italy
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Cesenatico
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1949 Rimini 44 (0)
1949–1951 Modena 62 (0)
1951–1958 Internazionale 186 (0)
1958–1959 Genoa 32 (0)
1959–1965 Milan 123 (0)
Total 447 (0)
National team
1954–1961 Italy 6 (0)
Teams managed
1966–1967 Genoa

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Giorgio Ghezzi (11 July 1930 – 12 December 1990), nicknamed "Kamikaze", was an Italian football player.

Born in Cesenatico, he started his career at Rimini and Modena, then played at Internazionale as goalkeeper for 7 years, from 1951 to 1958, for 191 total matches (Serie A, European Cup and Coppa Italia). He won 2 Serie A titles in 1953 and 1954.

At the end of 1958 he was sold to Genoa, and then, in the 1959 he came back to Milan, but on the other side: he played with A.C. Milan, where he won another Serie A title and the 1963 European Champions Cup.

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