Luigi Cevenini (; 13 March 1895 – 23 July 1968) was an Italian

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player and

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who played as a

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Club career

Throughout his career, Cevenini played 190 times for

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and scored 186 goals, winning the Italian Prima Divisione title in 1920.

International career

With the

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, Cevenini scored 11 goals in 29 matches between 1915 and 1929, winning the

1927–30 Central European International Cup The 1927–30 Central European International Cup was the first edition of the Central European International Cup and was held between September 18, 1927 and May 11, 1930. The tournament's structure included a round-robin competition for the five ...

, playing the first 2 matches. He was Italy's

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between 1925 and 1927.

Personal life

His older brothers

Aldo Cevenini Aldo Cevenini (; 8 November 1889 – 26 October 1973) was an Italian professional football player and coach who played as a forward. Club career Cevenini began his career with Libertas Milano, and later played for Milan, where he also later se ...

and

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and younger brothers

Cesare Cevenini Cesare, the Italian version of the given name Caesar, may refer to: Given name * Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria (1738–1794), an Italian philosopher and politician * Cesare Airaghi (1840–1896), Italian colonel * Cesare Arzelà (1847–1912), It ...

and

Carlo Cevenini Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...

all played football professionally, with Aldo playing 11 games for

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. To distinguish them, Aldo was known as Cevenini I, Mario as Cevenini II, Luigi as Cevenini III, Cesare as Cevenini IV and Carlo as Cevenini V.Cevenini brothers
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Honours

Club

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: 1919–20 * Novese **

: 1921–22

International

;

Central European International Cup The European International Cup of Nations was an international football competition held by certain national teams from Central Europe & South Europe between 1927 and 1960.Leo Schidrowitz "Internationaler Cup", Vienna 1954 There were competitions f ...

: 1927-30

External links

International Goal Scoring Record

References

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