Bruno Nicolè – Wikipedia

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Bruno Nicolè (Padua, February 24, 1940 – Pordenone, November 27, 2019) was an Italian footballer, of striker role.
Particularly fast and endowed with good shot, it became popular already at a young age. He ended his career at only 27 years old.

After her sports career, Nicolè dedicated himself to the teaching of physical education in schools until 2001, when he retired. [first] He died in 2019, [2] At the age of 79, Due to a pancreas tumor [ without source ] .

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Raised in the youth of Padua under the guidance of Mariano Tansini, he was made to make his debut just sixteen years old by Nereo Rocco in Serie A during the 1956-57 championship. The season closed with 12 appearances and two goals, one of which at Juventus and was purchased by the Juventus president Umberto Agnelli for 70 million and the loan of Kurt Hamrin. [first]

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Growing up as center forward, he struggled to insert himself in the Juventus attack in which champions like John Charles and Omar were appeared. He was deployed to the right wing and in the first season he collected 21 appearances and no network. [first] He resumed in the following season, so much so that he was called to the major national team by Gipo Viani, who on 9 November 1958 made him make his debut in the friendly in Paris against France, back from the brilliant third place to the World Cup held on June. By marking a brace, at 18 years of age, the youngest Goleador in the history of the blue became 18 years old, a record that he held for the next 63 years. [first]

Nicolè (third from the left) in black and white between the 1950s and 1960s, together with Boniperti, the coach Cesarini and Charles.

So enjoyed sudden popularity, Gianni Brera compared him to Silvio Piola [first] And the Quartetto Cetra approached his name to that of Felice Levratto in the song What a centered! . The Paris company also frured him in the 1958 golden ball ranking. [3]

In the continuation of the career with Juventus, Nicolè maintained a good realization medium, closing with 47 goals in 141 games and contributing to the conquest of three badges, two Italian cups and a Cup of the Alps. He was part of the team that won at Bernabéu against Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Cup of Champions 1961-1962, the first Italian team to establish himself in Real’s house. It was often struggling with muscle and excessive weight problems that influenced its career. At the end of the 1962-1963 championship, the new President Vittore Catella ceded him to Rome in exchange for Giampaolo Menichelli. [first]

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Roomed too young, he had burned the stages and in the final part of the career he could no longer fully express his potential. Roma immediately turned it to Mantua and the following year he returned to Rome, with whose shirt, on 1 November 1964, he signed the goal of the victory in the Italian Cup final against Turin. The following month he played his last game in the national team and closed the season in the Giallorossi with two goals in 13 meetings.

By now in decline, in the summer of 1965 he was transferred to Sampdoria, who in the winter market session ceded him to Alexandria, in Serie B. After the 1966-1967 season, which saw i gray retreating in Serie C, Nicolè retired at only 27 years. He closed his career with 193 appearances and 53 networks in Serie A and 24 appearances and 4 goals in Serie B. He later revealed that he wanted to retire before and that he continued only to carry out military service as an athlete.

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In the national team he played 8 meetings, scoring the only 2 goals on his debut on November 9, 1958, in friendly in Paris against France (2-2), thus becoming the youngest scorer in the history of the national team (a primacy then beaten in June 2022 by Wilfried Gnonto). During the career, among the attackers who contested the blue shirt there were Altafini, Barison, Brighenti, Mora, Angelillo, Sivori, Pascutti and Sormani. At his penultimate appearance in blue, in the friendly of April 25, 1961 won 3-2 in Bologna against Northern Ireland, he was entrusted to him for the first and only time the captain’s range: at the age of 21 and 61 days Thus became the youngest national captain, a record still unbeaten. [4] He played in the national team only another time after three years.

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Juventus: 1957-1958, 1959-1960, 1960-1961
Juventus: 1958-1959, 1959-1960
Rome: 1964-1965

International competitions [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Juventus: 1963

CHRONOLOGY ASSISTANCES AND National Nationals [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  1. ^ a b c d It is f Gianni Walls, Nicolè, the beautiful center that weighed too much: “football? Forgotten” . are repubblica.it , August 2014. URL consulted on April 25, 2016 .
  2. ^ Paolo Tomaselli, Farewell Nicolè, Baby 1950s phenomenon. It was great with Juve and is the youngest bomber in blue history . are Corriere.it , November 27, 2019.
  3. ^ ( IN ) European Footballer of the Year (“Ballon d’Or”) 1958 . are rsssf.com .
  4. ^ Italy Spain 2-1 – The numbers . are IT.SCRIBD.com , Gazzetta dello Sport, 11 August 2011, p. 3.

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