Adolfo Baloncieri (Italian pronunciation:[aˈdolfobalonˈtʃɛːri]; 27 July 1897 – 23 July 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Critically regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Gianni Brera considered him one of the greatest Italian playmakers ever, alongside the likes of Giuseppe Meazza and Valentino Mazzola.[1] In 2010, Carlo Felice Chiesa wrote: "If it were possible to rank all-time great "registas" of world football, Adolfo Baloncieri, an athlete from a period so remote from our own, would end up among the first, if not first."[2] Baloncieri began his club career with Alessandria, but most notably played for Torino, where they won league titles in 1927 and 1928 (the 1927 title was later revoked). Following his retirement, he also coached several clubs in Italy.
At international level, he took part at three editions of the Summer Olympic games with Italy, captaining the Italy national team to a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, and also won the 1927-30 Central European International Cup with Italy. With 25 goals, he is the sixth highest all-time scorer of the Italy national team, alongside Filippo Inzaghi and Alessandro Altobelli, and he is also the highest scoring midfielder in the history of the Italy national side.[3]
^Brera, Gianni; Milano, Baldini & Castoldi (1998). Storia critica del calcio italiano.
^Chiesa, Il secolo azzurro. pp. 165-166.
^"Nazionale, De Rossi raggiunge le 100 presenze" (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
AdolfoBaloncieri (Italian pronunciation: [aˈdolfo balonˈtʃɛːri]; 27 July 1897 – 23 July 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played...
International Cup Giuseppe Meazza, 16 Most appearances at the Olympics AdolfoBaloncieri, 11 Most appearances as a substitute Alessandro Del Piero, 30 Most...
European International Cup winner & 1928 Summer Olympics Bronze medalist AdolfoBaloncieri & UEFA European Championship winner & FIFA World Cup runner-up Gianni...
delle meraviglie (Trio of Wonders), composed of Julio Libonatti, AdolfoBaloncieri and Gino Rossetti, and won their first scudetto on 10 July 1927 after...
War II, and Italy's all-time second most prolific midfielder behind AdolfoBaloncieri. He was part of the 2006 World Cup-winning squad and also participated...
Period 1946–1947 Giuseppe Galluzzi 1951 Giovanni Rebuffo 1947–1950 AdolfoBaloncieri 1950–1951 Giuseppe Galluzzi 1951 Gipo Poggi 1951–1952 Alfredo Foni...
For two years his forward line had remained comparatively the same: AdolfoBaloncieri, Virgilio Levratto; even the loss of the Argentinian-Italian Julio...
Engelbert König 1928–1931 József Bánás 1931–1933 József Viola 1933–1934 AdolfoBaloncieri 1934–1937 William Garbutt 1937 Hermann Felsner József Bánás 1937–1938...
D'Albora Paolo Jodice Luigi Castello Achille Piccini Nereo Rocco 1939 AdolfoBaloncieri 1939–1940 Antonio Vojak 1940–1943 Paulo Innocenti 1943 Raffaele Sansone...
in the Italian national team's history, with 25 goals, alongside AdolfoBaloncieri and Alessandro Altobelli. "It's not Inzaghi who is in love with goals;...
Nicolas (France) Fred Nicholas (Great Britain) Emilio Badini (Italy) AdolfoBaloncieri (Italy) Enrico Sardi (Italy) Jan de Natris (Netherlands) Arne Andersen...
Hitzfeld (FR Germany in 1972), Milan Galić (Yugoslavia in 1960) and AdolfoBaloncieri (Italy in 1928). Only Dobrovolski and Galić actually claimed gold...
Imre Senkey 1947–48 Luigi Brunella 1948–49 Fulvio Bernardini 1949–50 AdolfoBaloncieri 1950 Pietro Serantoni 1950 Guido Masetti 1950–51 Giuseppe Viani 1951–53...
Ossola is the ninth highest scorer in the history of Torino behind AdolfoBaloncieri (100). He died on 4 May 1949 in the Superga air disaster when the...
Eisenhoffer (Hungary) Paddy Duncan (Ireland) Frank Ghent (Ireland) AdolfoBaloncieri (Italy) André le Fèvre (Netherlands) Albert Hurgronje (Netherlands)...
tournament two years later. Following the 1930 defeat to Spain, Pozzo left AdolfoBaloncieri, who had served as Italy captain and who had been an international...
he scored his 100th goal for Torino in all competitions, equalling AdolfoBaloncieri in the club's all-time scorer list. On 30 January 2021, with a goal...
and the third-highest scoring midfielder for Italy overall, behind AdolfoBaloncieri and De Rossi. Rivera participated in four World Cups with Italy, making...
list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Baloncieri goal. Torino Serie A: 1975–76 Coppa Italia: runner-up 1979–80 Roma Coppa...
Inter 12 Árpád Weisz Inter 13 Simone Inzaghi Inter 11 14 József Bánás Milan 10 Eugenio Bersellini Inter 16 AdolfoBaloncieri Milan 9 Arrigo Sacchi Milan...
Libonatti's play. Behind the two forwards was Torino's playmaker, AdolfoBaloncieri. The three became known as the trio delle meraviglie (Trio of Wonders)...
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