SOCCER PLAYER

Eraldo Monzeglio

1906 - 1981

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Eraldo Monzeglio (Italian pronunciation: [eˈraldo monˈdzeʎʎo]; 5 June 1906 – 3 November 1981) was an Italian association football coach and player, who played as a defender, in the position of full-back. Monzeglio had a highly successful career as a footballer, although he also later attracted controversy due to his close relationship with the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. At club level, he played for Casale, Bologna, and Roma, winning the Serie A title and two editions of the Mitropa Cup with Bologna. At international level, he also had success representing the Italy national football team, and was a member of the Italian teams that won consecutive FIFA World Cup titles in 1934 and 1938, being named to the tournament's All-star Team in 1934; he also won two editions of the Central European International Cup with Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eraldo Monzeglio is the 1,035th most popular soccer player (down from 1,019th in 2019), the 2,436th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,495th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Eraldo Monzeglio ranks 1,035 out of 21,273Before him are Marcelo Salas, Nobuo Fujishima, Schubert Gambetta, Ángel Labruna, Ron Harris, and Georgi Asparuhov. After him are Tore Keller, Vinícius Júnior, Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Alexandre Pato, and Mirko Jozić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Eraldo Monzeglio ranks 137Before him are Ladislao Vajda, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Anton Karas, Lilian Harvey, Chester Carlson, and Antal Doráti. After him are Eddie Albert, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward Ochab, José Della Torre, Vitaly Abalakov, and Jim Thompson. Among people deceased in 1981, Eraldo Monzeglio ranks 94Before him are Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Nargis, Mohammad Beheshti, Mariama Bâ, Edith Head, and Helmut Gröttrup. After him are Walter Heitler, Glauber Rocha, Paul Anspach, Victor Kugler, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, and Michele Andreolo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Eraldo Monzeglio ranks 2,436 out of 5,161Before him are Carlo Cignani (1628), Romaine Brooks (1874), Marcello Tegalliano (700), Pietro Nenni (1891), Maurizio Cattelan (1960), and Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma (1635). After him are Federico Lombardi (1942), Cino da Pistoia (1270), Andrew Avellino (1521), Vulca (-600), Gaspara Stampa (1523), and Irene Camber (1926).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Eraldo Monzeglio ranks 72Before him are Mauro Tassotti (1960), Luigi Bertolini (1904), Franco Causio (1949), Demetrio Albertini (1971), Antonio Di Natale (1977), and Francesco Toldo (1971). After him are Gino Colaussi (1914), Pietro Anastasi (1948), Giorgio Chiellini (1984), Ferruccio Valcareggi (1919), Enzo Maresca (1980), and Giancarlo Antognoni (1954).