Valerio Bacigalupo

Valerio Bacigalupo

Personal information
Full name	Valerio Bacigalupo
Date of birth	12 March 1924[1]
Place of birth	Vado Ligure, Italy
Date of death	4 May 1949 (aged 25)
Place of death	Superga, Italy
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1942–1943	Savona	20	(0)
1944	Genoa	20	(0)
1945–1949	Torino	137	(0)
Total		177	(0)
National team
1947–1949	Italy	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Valerio Bacigalupo (12 March 1924 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian association football goalkeeper from Vado Ligure, Savona. He started his career with home province side Savona. After a brief spell at Genoa he moved to Torino where he won Serie A four times in a row.

Bacigalupo older brother, Manlio Bacigalupo, also played professional football. Valerio was called up to the Italian national football team five times. He died in the Superga air disaster with most of the Il Grande Torino team.^[2]

After his death, the club where he started his career, Savona named its ground Stadio Valerio Bacigalupo in his honour.

Honours

• 1945–46 Serie A (Torino)
• 1946–47 Serie A (Torino)
• 1947–48 Serie A (Torino)
• 1948–49 Serie A (Torino)

References

1. Enciclopedia Del Calcio
2. Pia, Simon (2 May 1999). "The day the dream team of Italian football died". Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved 30 November 2012.