Enrico Canfari (16 April 1877 – 22 October 1915) was an Italian

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who played as a forward for

Juventus )''I Bianconeri'' (The White and Blacks)''Le Zebre'' (The Zebras)''La Signora Omicidi'' (The Killer Lady)''La Gheuba'' (: The Hunchback) , founded = as Sport-Club Juventus , ground = Juventus Stadium , capacity = 41,507 , owner = Agnelli ...

and

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, and later sporting director of Juventus.

Career

Canfari was born on 16 April 1877 in

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Ge ...

. His father was later owner of a bicycle shop in

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. In 1897 Canfari and his younger brother

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belonged to a group of 13 students of the Turin Massimo d'Azeglio Grammar School, which founded the football club

on 1 November 1897. In 1898 he succeeded his brother as president of the club until 1901. With ''Juve'' Canfari participated in the Italian football championships 1900 to 1903. Because of his close links with

, Canfari joined A.C. Milan in 1903. After his football career Canfari studied chemistry and made numerous trips to England to show his knowledge of football rules. Enrico Canfari fell in World War I, during the

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, in which he participated as a volunteer in the rank of captain. He died on 22 October 1915 at the age of 38 at the Monte San Michele at the Isonzo river.

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