Amphilóquio Guarisi Marques (26 December 1905 – 8 June 1974) was an

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who played as a

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. In Brazil he was known as Filó () and in Italy as Anfilogino Guarisi (). Throughout his career he played football in both

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and

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, representing both nations at international level, and was a member of the Italian team that won the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...

Career

Born in

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, in 1922 Guarisi started his career in Portuguesa, where his father, Manuel Augusto Marques, was the president. In 1925 he transferred to Paulistano, where he played alongside the legendary figure of

Arthur Friedenreich Arthur Friedenreich (18 July 1892 – 6 September 1969) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed ''The Tiger'' or ''The Original "Black" Pearl'', and was arguably the sport's first outstanding mixed-race ...

. In the same year, in a friendly match against

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, he scored one of the goals, and the game ended Paulistano 7–2 France. On December 6, 1925, he made his first appearance for

, against

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. This match ended Brazil 5–2, and Filó scored one of the goals. He was a member of the Brazil team that finished in second place in the 1925 South American Championship. With Paulistano, he won the

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

of 1926 (when he was the top scorer, with 16 goals), 1927 and 1929, for the ''Amateur League of Football''. In 1929, he was also champion for

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, for the ''Paulista Athletic Sports Association'' (in those years, there were two football leagues in São Paulo). In 1930, he won another Campeonato Paulista for Corinthians. He waited to go to the

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, but a serious misunderstanding between the football leagues of

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and

made that only players from Rio went to the tournament. Filó, Friedenreich and other football players from São Paulo did not go to Uruguay. The only one player from São Paulo who obtained his passage to the World Cup was Araken, who was in litigation with his club, Santos. In 1931, Filó transferred to

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. In

, he would be known by his

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, Guarisi. In the ''biancoceleste'', he played along with other Italian-Brazilians, the Fantoni family: Ninão, Nininho and

Niginho Leonídio Fantoni, best known as Niginho or Fantoni III (born in Belo Horizonte, 12 February 1912 – died 5 September 1975) was a professional association footballer who played as a forward. Biography His Italian-origins family was a support ...

, also known there by their surnames, like a dynasty: Fantoni I, Fantoni II and Fantoni III. That squad of Lazio was known as "Brasilazio". In 1932, Guarisi, as son of an Italian mother, had right of Italian citizenship and was selected for the silver winning 1931-32 Central European International Cup and later the gold winning 1933-35 Central European International Cup campaign, and also the

1934 World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in ...

squad, in the process becoming the first Brazilian-born player to win the World Cup. In the only qualification game that Italy had played (against

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), Guarisi scored the first goal of ''Azzurra'' in a World Cup qualification game."As primeiras eliminatórias", Max Gehringer, ''Especial Placar: A Saga da Jules Rimet'' fascículo 2 - 1934 Itália, outubro de 2005, Editora Abril, págs. 18-21 In that match, he played with his colleague of Lazio, Fantoni II. He came back to Corinthians and won the Campeonato Paulista of 1937. His last Paulista title was for the rivals of Palestra Itália (current Palmeiras), the football team of the Italian colony of São Paulo.

Honours

International

;

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

Central European International Cup The European International Cup of Nations was an international football competition held by certain national teams from Central Europe & South Europe between 1927 and 1960.Leo Schidrowitz "Internationaler Cup", Vienna 1954 There were competitions f ...

: 1933–35 *

: Runner-up: 1931–32

References

External links

profile (in Portuguese) on Sitedalusa.com

profile (in Italian) on Laziowiki
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guarisi, Anfilogino 1905 births 1974 deaths Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian footballers Brazil international footballers Dual internationalists (football) Brazilian people of Italian descent Italian footballers Italy international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players S.S. Lazio players Serie A players Association football forwards