Giuseppe Cavanna (18 September 1905 – 3 November 1976)
La storia siete voi (in Italian) was an Italian Association football, football goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Vercelli, Cavanna played in the 1920s and 1930s for

Pro Vercelli Football Club Pro Vercelli 1892, commonly referred to as Pro Vercelli, is an Italian football club based in Vercelli, Piedmont. The club is mostly renowned as one of the most successful teams in the early football era of Italy, with seven natio ...

and

S.S.C. Napoli Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli (), is an Italian professional football club based in the city of Naples ( it, Napoli, nap, Napule), Campania that plays in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. Napoli ha ...

. He played 151 matches in Serie A. In the 1934–35 season he had the lowest goals conceded per game average (0.722) for Napoli, a record which stood until Dino Zoff broke it during the 1970–71 season.

International career

Cavanna was the reserve goalkeeper for Italy that won the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...

on home soil.

Honours

International

;Italy * FIFA World Cup:

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

References

1905 births 1934 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players Association football goalkeepers Italian footballers People from Vercelli S.S.C. Napoli players Serie A players F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892 players Benevento Calcio players Avezzano Calcio players 1976 deaths Footballers from Piedmont Sportspeople from the Province of Vercelli {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-stub