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{{Short description|American-born Italian association football player (1915-1984)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
 | name = Alfonso Negro
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 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1915|6|27}}
 | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], New York, United States
 | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1984|11|7|1915|6|27}}
 | death_place = [[Florence]], Italy
 | currentclub  = 
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 | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
 | youthyears1 = 
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 | years1 = 1930–1933
 | clubs1 = [[U.S. Angri Calcio 1927 A.S.D.|Angri]]
 | caps1 = ?
| goals1 = ?
 | years2 = 1933–1934
 | clubs2 = [[U.S. Catanzaro 1929|Catanzaro]]
 | caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 6
 | years3 = 1934–1938
 | clubs3 = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
 | caps3 = 52
| goals3 = 5
 | years4 = 1934–1938
 | clubs4 = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
 | caps4 = 25
| goals4 = 3
 | years5 = 1942–1952
 | clubs5 = Ercolanese
 | caps5 = ?
| goals5 = ? 
 | nationalyears1 = 1936
 | nationalteam1 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
 | nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| medaltemplates =
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{{MedalCompetition |[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]|[[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]}}
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'''Alfonso Negro''' ({{IPA|it|alˈfɔnso ˈneːɡro}}; 5 July 1915 – 7 November 1984) was an [[Italian-American|American-born Italian]] [[Association football|football]] (soccer) player, who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]; he is believed to be the first American-born player in [[Serie A]] and the first American-born player to have played for [[Italy national football team|Italy]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Club career==
Born in [[Brooklyn, New York]], Negro started his career with [[U.S. Angri Calcio 1927 A.S.D.|Angri]] in [[Serie C]] at the age of 15.  He moved onward to [[F.C. Catanzaro|Catanzarese]] in [[Serie B]]. While at Catanzarese, he made his international debut with [[Italy national football team|Italy B team]] against Hungary in [[Vercelli]].

In 1934, he transferred to [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] in [[Serie A]]. At that era, three other American-born players -- [[Armando Frigo]], [[Alfio Argentieri]] and [[Umberto Piccolo]]—played in Italy at that time, but only [[Armando Frigo]] played in the [[Serie A]].  Alfonso Negro played 51 games for Fiorentina, and scored five goals, before being transferred to [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] in 1938, where he played 25 games and scored three goals.

==International career==
Negro was selected to play for [[Italy national football team|Italy]] at the [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympic Games]]. He scored a goal against [[Norway national football team|Norway]] and went on to win a gold medal in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26091 |title=Alfonso Negro |work=Olympedia |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref>

==Education==
Negro also entered university where he played for his school team. He graduated in medicine and surgery at [[Florence University]] and during the war served as a medical officer in Greece. Following the war he became a specialist in [[obstetrics]] and [[gynaecology]] and became a lecturer. He died in [[Florence, Italy]] on 7 November 1984.

==Honours==
=== International ===
;Italy
*[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Gold Medal]]: [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]]

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{Cite web |url=http://national.soccerhall.org/Monthly%20Column/2007/mc2007.html |title=Americans in Italy at National Soccer Hall of Fame |access-date=12 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106104301/http://national.soccerhall.org/Monthly%20Column/2007/mc2007.html |archive-date=6 January 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown  }}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NEGROALF01 |title=Alfonso Negro at databaseOlympics.com |access-date=16 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308094421/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NEGROALF01 |archive-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead  }}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/usa-players-in-it.html|title=US Players in Italy|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=11 August 2014}}

== External links ==
* {{Olympics.com profile|alfonso-negro}}
* {{CONI profile|new_id=181|old_id=67}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ne/alfonso-negro-1}}

{{Italy Squad 1936 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:Italy men's international footballers]]
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[[Category:ACF Fiorentina players]]
[[Category:SSC Napoli players]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Italy]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in football]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:American men's soccer players]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Italian military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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