Alfonso Negro
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Alfonso Negro (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 5 July 1915 – 7 November 1984) was an American-born Italian football (soccer) player, who played as a 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Club career
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Negro started his career with Angri in Serie C at the age of 15. He moved onward to Catanzarese in Serie B. While at Catanzarese, he made his international debut with Italy B team against Hungary in Vercelli.
In 1934, he transferred to 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 Napoli in 1938, where he played 25 games and scored three goals.
International career
Negro was selected to play for Italy at the 1936 Olympic Games. He scored a goal against Norway and went on to win a gold medal in the tournament.[1]
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
References
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- 1915 births
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- Italian men's footballers
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- American emigrants to Italy
- American people of Italian descent
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- Italy men's international footballers
- Serie A players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- SSC Napoli players
- Olympic footballers for Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- American men's soccer players
- Men's association football forwards
- Italian military personnel of World War II
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen