Giovanni Fanello
Giovanni Fanello (born 21 February 1939 in Pizzo) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Fanello began playing football with local side Polisportiva Pizzo. He turned professional with U.S. Catanzaro, and was the leading goalscorer of Serie C as he helped the club gain promotion to Serie B during the 1958–59 season. After playing for Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics,[3] Fanello signed with Serie A side A.C. Milan. However, his opportunities with the first team were limited, and he was loaned to U.S. Alessandria. He would appear for several other Italian clubs, including S.S.C. Napoli, and scored 17 goals in 80 Serie A appearances and 71 goals in 218 Serie B appearances.[4] In 1973, he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia.[5] He also served as a player-coach for Toronto Italia in 1973.[6]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- Italian Football Championship / Serie C1
- Winner: 1958–59
- Coppa delle Alpi
- Finalist: 1963–64
- Coppa Italia
- Winner: 1961–62
Individual
[edit | edit source]- Italian Football Championship / Serie B
- Top goalscorer for the 1960–61 season - 26 goals in 38 games (Italian record)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ (in Italian) Pasquale Nucara Personaggi napitini Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine Quicalabria.it
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Giovanni Fanello – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1939 births
- Living people
- People from Pizzo, Calabria
- Italian men's footballers
- US Catanzaro 1929 players
- AC Milan players
- US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players
- SSC Napoli players
- Toronto Italia players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Canadian National Soccer League players
- Olympic footballers for Italy
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Men's association football forwards
- Canadian National Soccer League coaches
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- Sportspeople from the Province of Vibo Valentia
- Footballers from Calabria
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian football forward stubs