Gianluigi Savoldi (9 June 1949, in

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– 13 April 2008, in

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

) was an Italian professional

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who played as a

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. His older brother

Giuseppe Savoldi Giuseppe Savoldi (; born 21 January 1947) is an Italian former professional football player and coach, who played during the sixties, seventies and eighties, as a forward. A versatile attacker, he played club football in Italy for Atalanta, Bolo ...

and nephew

Gianluca Savoldi Gianluca Savoldi (born 20 September 1975 in Bologna, Italy), is a retired Italian footballer who played as a striker. Career The son of once World record transferred player Giuseppe Savoldi, the young Gianluca decided to walk in his father's fo ...

(Giuseppe's son) also played football professionally.

Honours

Juventus *

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champion: 1971–72. 1949 births 2008 deaths Italian men's footballers Serie A players Atalanta BC players Juventus FC players AC Cesena players LR Vicenza players UC Sampdoria players Giulianova Calcio players US Livorno 1915 players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the Province of Bergamo {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub