Carlo Ceresoli

Carlo Ceresoli (14 June 1910 – 22 April 1995) was an Italian football goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Bergamo, Ceresoli played club football in the Italian Serie B with Atalanta, and in the Serie A with Inter Milan, Bologna, Genoa and Juventus.

Ceresoli was considered one of the strongest goalkeepers of the 1930s along with Giampiero Combi, Ricardo Zamora and František Plánička. With the Italian national team he played the only qualifying match of the 1934 FIFA World Cup against Greece and the famous Battle of Highbury in which he saved a penalty from Eric Brook. He was 1938 World Champion with the Italian national team and went on to win 8 caps for Italy.

Ceresoli died at the age of 84.

This article is based on a translation of an article from the Italian Wikipedia.

Italy squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup Winners (2nd title)

GK Ceresoli GK Masetti GK Olivieri DF Foni DF Monzeglio DF Rava MF Andreolo MF Chizzo MF Donati MF Genta MF Locatelli MF Olmi MF Perazzolo MF Serantoni FW Bertoni FW Biavati FW Colaussi FW Ferrari FW Ferraris FW Meazza (c) FW Pasinati FW Piola Coach: Pozzo

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