Giuseppe Grezar (; 25 November 1918 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian
football player
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, who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Torino F.C.
Torino Football Club (), commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. They currently play in Serie A.
Founded as ''Foot-Ball Club Torino'' in 1906, Torino are among the mos ...
and died in the
Superga air disaster
The Superga air disaster occurred on 4 May 1949, when a Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian Airlines), carrying the entire Torino football team (popularly known as the ''Grande Torino''), crashed into the retaining wall at the back of th ...
together with the whole
Grande Torino
The Grande Torino was the historic Italian football team of Torino Football Club in the 1940s, five-time champions of Italy, whose players were the backbone of the Italy national team and died on 4 May 1949 in the plane crash known as the Superg ...
team.
Career
Grezar was born in
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
. He played as a midfielder, debuting for
Triestina
Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its history. As of the ...
. He was acquired by Torino in 1942.
With Torino, Grezar played 154 times and won five consecutive
Serie A
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''
scudetti
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'', until dying with most of the team in the
Superga air disaster
The Superga air disaster occurred on 4 May 1949, when a Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian Airlines), carrying the entire Torino football team (popularly known as the ''Grande Torino''), crashed into the retaining wall at the back of th ...
near
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, in May 1949. He was capped eight times for the Italy national team, scoring one goal. He also played with
Ampelea Isola
Nogometni klub Izola ( en, Izola Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Izola or simply Izola, was a Slovenian football club from Izola. They played in the Slovenian top division for five consecutive seasons during the early 1990s. The clu ...
in 1944.
Pino Grezar
at tuttotrieste.net, retrieved 10-5-2015
The Stadio Giuseppe Grezar
Stadio Giuseppe Grezar is a multi-use stadium in Trieste, Italy. It was inaugurated in 1932 as the Stadio Littorio and was initially used as the stadium of U.S. Triestina Calcio matches. The capacity of the stadium was 8,000. It hosted the matc ...
in Trieste is dedicated to him.
Honours
Club
;Torino
*Serie A
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: 1942–43, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49
*Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
: 1942–43
Individual
*Torino F.C. Hall of Fame
This is a list of Torino FC players who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame Granata.
History
The Hall of Fame Granata (''granata'' is the English for "maroon", the club's traditional colour) was created by the Museo del Grande Torino e della ...
: 2016
References
External links
Statistics at Enciclopedia del Calcio website
1918 births
1949 deaths
Association football midfielders
Italian footballers
Italy international footballers
Serie A players
Footballers from Trieste
Torino F.C. players
U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players
Footballers killed in the Superga air disaster
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