Ricardo Gregorio Faccio Porta, known as Ricardo Faccio or Riccardo Faccio (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo ˈfattʃo]; 12 March 1907 – 9 September 1970) was a Uruguayan-Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was born in Uruguay and played for the Uruguay national football team but later received Italian citizenship and played for Italy internationally.,[1] where he was a part of the squad that won the 1933-35 Central European International Cup.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Gregorio Faccio Peralta | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1907-03-12)12 March 1907 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Durazno Department, Uruguay | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 September 1970(1970-09-09) (aged 63) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 1927 | Universal | ||||||||||||
| 1929 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||||||||||||
| 1931–1933 | Nacional | ||||||||||||
| 1933–1936 | Ambrosiana-Inter | 86 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1936–1939 | Nacional | ||||||||||||
| 1940–1941 | Bella Vista | ||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||
| 1932–1934 | Uruguay | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 1935–1936 | Italy | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
| |||||||||||||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||
Born in Durazno Department, Faccio began playing football for Club Universal and Montevideo Wanderers F.C. In 1934, he moved to Italy to play for Ambrosiana-Inter.[2]
Danubio F.C. – managers | |
|---|---|
|
Uruguayan Primera División winning managers | |
|---|---|
|
This biographical article related to a football midfielder from Uruguay is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This biographical article related to association football in Italy, about a midfielder born from 1900 to 1909, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |