SOCCER PLAYER

Giacinto Facchetti

1942 - 2006

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Giacinto Facchetti (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaˈtʃinto fakˈketti]; 18 July 1942 – 4 September 2006) was an Italian footballer who played as a left-back for Inter Milan from 1960 to 1978. He later served as Inter chairman from January 2004 until his death in 2006. He played 634 official games for the club, scoring 75 goals, and was a member of "Grande Inter" team under manager Helenio Herrera which won four Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, two European Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giacinto Facchetti has received more than 562,344 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Giacinto Facchetti is the 78th most popular soccer player (down from 59th in 2019), the 697th most popular biography from Italy (up from 719th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Giacinto Facchetti is most famous for being a soccer player for Inter Milan. He played for the team from 1964-1979. He was also a member of the Italian national team, where he played from 1966-1974.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 78 out of 21,273. Before him are Francesco Totti, Gianluigi Buffon, Miguel Muñoz, Gordon Banks, Rivaldo, and Neymar. After him are Paul Breitner, Béla Guttmann, Bobby Moore, Rudi Völler, Rob Rensenbrink, and Kurt Hamrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 39. Before him are Lou Reed, Ian McShane, Mohamed ElBaradei, Giorgio Agamben, Tobin Bell, and Michel Mayor. After him are Jacques Rogge, Bob Hoskins, Jochen Rindt, László Sólyom, John Irving, and Margaret Court. Among people deceased in 2006, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 21. Before him are Owen Chamberlain, Heinrich Harrer, György Ligeti, Mako, Anna Politkovskaya, and Ibrahim Rugova. After him are Paul Mauriat, Johannes Rau, Melvin Schwartz, Desmond Doss, Choi Kyu-hah, and Muriel Spark.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 697 out of 5,161. Before him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562), Joseph of Cupertino (1603), Agathocles of Syracuse (-361), Nicola Pisano (1225), Pope Marcellinus (250), and Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938). After him are Pescennius Niger (135), Beatrice Cenci (1577), Francesco Guardi (1712), Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), and Leonardo Bruni (1370).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Giacinto Facchetti ranks 13. Before him are Luigi Riva (1944), Franco Baresi (1960), Gianni Rivera (1943), Silvio Piola (1913), Francesco Totti (1976), and Gianluigi Buffon (1978). After him are Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Gianluca Vialli (1964), and Vittorio Pozzo (1886).

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