Francesco Scaratti (19 February 1939 – 16 August 2013) was an Italian professional

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player. He played for 7 seasons in the Serie A for SPAL 1907,

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and A.S. Roma. He scored a dramatic last-minute-of-extra-time equalizer in the return leg of the semifinal of the

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for A.S. Roma against Górnik Zabrze. Roma eventually lost to Górnik on a coin toss (the last time it was used as a tiebreaker in European football). A.S. Roma was a winner of a coin toss earlier in the tournament.

Honours

* Coppa Italia winner: 1968/69.

References

1939 births 2013 deaths Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Siena FC SSD players SPAL players Mantova 1911 players Hellas Verona FC players AS Roma players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Rome {{Italy-footy-defender-1930s-stub