Giulio Cappelli (; 4 March 1911 – 16 December 1995) was an Italian

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who played as a

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. He competed in the

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with the

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, winning a gold medal in the tournament.

Club career

Born in

La Spezia La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second largest city ...

, Cappelli began his football career with local side

Spezia La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second largest city ...

. He joined

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

side

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

for two seasons beginning in 1933. The next season, he transferred to

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

club

F.C. Esperia Viareggio Associazione Sportiva Dilettanistica Viareggio Calcio, usually referred to simply as Viareggio, is an Italian football club located in Viareggio, Tuscany. Viareggio Calcio, as of 2021–22 season, plays in Tuscan Second Category. History Esp ...

. Cappelli returned to Serie A with

S.S.D. Sporting Lucchese Lucchese 1905 s.r.l., or simply Lucchese, is an Italian football club, based in Lucca, Tuscany that plays in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football. The club was first founded in 1905, having last been in Serie A in 1952. History Foundat ...

and finished his playing career with Spezia.

International career

Cappelli made two appearances for

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in 1936, scoring one goal. He was a member of the Italian Olympic team, which won the gold medal in the 1936 Olympic football tournament.

Death

On 16 December 1995, Cappelli died at his home in Marina di Massa aged 84.

Honours

International

;Italy *

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1911 births 1995 deaths Italian footballers Serie A players Serie B players Spezia Calcio players U.S. Livorno 1915 players S.S.D. Lucchese 1905 players U.S. Massese 1919 players Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Italy international footballers Italian football managers S.S.D. Lucchese 1905 managers Inter Milan managers Catania S.S.D. managers U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 managers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Association football forwards {{Italy-footy-forward-1910s-stub