Edoardo Mariani (; 5 March 1893 – 7 January 1956) was an Italian
footballer
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who played as a
left winger
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.
International career
Mariani made four appearances for
Italy
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, all of which came in 1912. He became the
youngest forward to start a match for Italy, when he made his debut against
France
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, starting in a 3–4 friendly loss in Turin on 17 March 1912, at the age of 19 years and 12 days.
This record was later bettered by
Leopoldo Conti, who made his international debut on 28 March 1920, starting in a 3–0 friendly away loss to
Switzerland, at the age of .
Mariani is either the third or fourth-youngest player ever to start a match for Italy, behind only Conti, Eugenio Mosso, and possibly Rodolfo Gavinelli. Mosso made his only international appearance for Italy on 5 April 1914, starting in a 1–1 friendly away draw against Switzerland, at the age of .
Gavinelli, on the other hand, made his only international appearance for Italy on 9 April 1911, starting in a 2–2 friendly away draw against
France
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, at the age of either , or , as it is not known officially whether he was born on 1 January in 1891 or 1895.
He later competed for Italy in the
men's football tournament at the
1912 Summer Olympics.
Mariani made 3 appearances for Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics, including his final international appearance, which came in a 5–1 defeat to
Austria
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on 3 July.
References
External links
Profile at Maglia RossoneraProfile at Italia 1910Profile at FIGC
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1893 births
1956 deaths
Italian footballers
Italy international footballers
Olympic footballers of Italy
Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Footballers from Milan
Association football forwards
A.C. Milan players
Genoa C.F.C. players
S.S. Lazio players
Savona F.B.C. players