 Schiavio with Bologna in 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1905-10-15)15 October 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bologna,Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 September 1990(1990-09-17) (aged 84) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bologna, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922–1939 | Bologna | 348 | (242) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 348 | (242) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925–1934 | Italy | 21 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1933–1934 | Bologna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | Bologna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1958 | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Angelo Schiavio (Italian pronunciation:[ˈandʒeloˈskjaːvjo]; 15 October 1905 – 17 September 1990) was an Italianfootballer who played as aforward. Schiavio spent his entire career withBologna, the club of the city where he was born and died; he won four league titles with the club, and is the team's all-time highest goalscorer. He won the1934 FIFA World Cup withItaly, finishing as the tournament's second-highest goalscorer; winning the1927–30 Central European International Cup &1933–35 Central European International Cup and he also won a bronze medal with Italy at the1928 Summer Olympics.[1] Following his retirement, he later alsomanaged both Bologna and the Italy national side.
Regarded as one of Italy's greateststrikers, he was a quick, prolific, powerful, and technically gifted forward;[2][3][4] in 2012, he was inducted into theItalian Football Hall of Fame.[4]
Schiavo, who died on 17 September 1990 at the age of 84 in the Malpighi hospital of Bologna,[4] was also the last surviving player from Italy's 1934 World Cup winning team.
Schiavio spent his entire career withBologna. He began his career with the first team during the1922–23 Prima Divisione, playing 6 league games (11 in total) and scoring 6 goals; he made his debut for the club in 1923, at the age of 17. At that time, the Italian league was organised into several different regional groups. He continued to play (and score) regularly for Bologna, breaking into the starting line-up permanently at the age of 19, and in 1925 Bologna won thefirst league championship in their history, while Schiavio contributed to the victory with 15 goals in 27 games. The last season played in this "grouped" format was the 1928–29 season; that season, Bologna won their second championship, with Schiavio averaging a goal per game with 29 goals in 29 games – his most prolific domestic campaign.[2][3][5]
The1929–30 season saw the advent of theSerie A format. Schiavio played in his first Serie A game away againstLazio on 6 October 1929 – a 3–0 loss for Bologna. His first goal in Serie A came on 13 November later that year, in a 2–2 draw at home toTriestina. In the1931–32 season he scored 25 goals, which led to him winning theCapocannonieri award for top scorer in Serie A. Bologna won two moreScudetti in 1936 and 1937, although Schiavio only played in two games in the latter victory. Schiavio's final season was in1938–39, when he made 6 appearances in the league, but failed to score.
An important figure in the club's history, Schiavio spent 16 seasons with Bologna, winning four league titles. He made 362 appearances for the club in total, scoring 251 goals, and a club-record 242 goals in the Italian league, 109 of which were scored in the ItalianSerie A format.[5]
Schiavio made his debut for theItaly national football team in November 1925, when he was 20 years old; he marked the occasion by scoring both goals in a 2–1 win overYugoslavia inPadua. He participated in the1928 Olympic Games, scoring 4 goals in 4 games as Italy won a bronze medal in the tournament.[5]He then went on to win the1927–30 Central European International Cup &1933–35 Central European International Cup.
Schiavio was also instrumental in Italy's firstWorld Cup win in 1934. Supported by players such asLuis Monti andGiuseppe Meazza, he scored a total of 4 goals, finishing the tournament as the second-highest scorer.[5] FIFA originally credited Schiavio as one of three joint top scorers in the tournament (along with Czechoslovakia'sOldřich Nejedlý and Germany'sEdmund Conen). However, FIFA revised this in November 2006, giving Nejedlý a fifth goal and the outright leading scorer title.[6] Schiavio opened his account in the tournament with a hat-trick in the opening game against theUSA on 27 May, which includedItaly's first ever World Cup goal; the match eventually ended in a 7–1 win to the Italians.[7] Despite his prolific display in Italy's opener, he was not able to score in any of the next two games Italy played in order to reach the final.
In thefinal,Czechoslovakia took the lead, but a late goal byRaimundo Orsi levelled the game. In the 5th minute of extra-time, despite carrying an injury, Schiavio converted a cross byEnrique Guaita – this goal ultimately proved decisive as the final score was 2–1; following the goal, he briefly fainted due to fatigue. This was Schiavio's final goal and game for Italy, as injury struggles kept him out of the team.[2][3][4][5][8][9]
In total, Schiavio gained 21 caps for the national team, scoring 15 goals.[3][10]
Regarded as one of Italy's greatest strikers, and one of Bologna's greatest players ever, Schiavio was 178 cm tall and weighed 69 kg; he made his name as a quick and powerfulcentre-forward, with good technique anddribbling skills. He was also known for his pace, reactions, and offensive movement, which enabled him to lose his markers and make runs to beat the defensive line and get on the end of passes. A prolific goalscorer, he was an accurate and powerful finisher with both feet and he often used physical force to score goals. Moreover, he was a generous and versatile team-player, and was known for his willingness to play in several other offensive positions, including as a leftwinger, or even as aninside forward on occasion, which was known as themezzala role at the time in Italian football jargon. Despite his ability, however, he also struggled with injuries throughout his career.[2][3][4][8][9][11][12]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bologna | 1922–23 | Prima Divisione | 11 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1923–24 | 24 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1924–25 | 27 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 1925–26 | 23 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 1926–27 | Divizione Nazionale | 25 | 15 | |||||||||
| 1927–28 | 30 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 1928–29 | 29 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 1929–30 | Serie A | 15 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1930–31 | 21 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1931–32 | 30 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 1932–33 | 33 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 1933–34 | 19 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1934–35 | 27 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1935–36 | 26 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 1936–37 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1937–38 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career total | 348 | 242 | 364 | 251 | ||||||||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1925 | 1 | 2 |
| 1926 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1927 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1928 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1929 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1930 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1931 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1932 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1933 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1934 | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 21 | 15 | |
Bologna[3][citation needed]
Italy[citation needed]
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| Preceded by | Oldest living player 9 September 1983 – 17 September 1990 | Succeeded by |
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