Luigi Cevenini (; 13 March 1895 – 23 July 1968) was an Italian
football
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player and
coach
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** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
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who played as a
forward
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* Forward (association football)
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.
Club career
Throughout his career, Cevenini played 190 times for
Internazionale
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and scored 186 goals, winning the Italian Prima Divisione title in 1920.
International career
With the
Italy national football team
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, Cevenini scored 11 goals in 29 matches between 1915 and 1929, winning the
1927–30 Central European International Cup
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, playing the first 2 matches. He was Italy's
captain
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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
Mario Cevenini
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and younger brothers
Cesare Cevenini Cesare, the Italian version of the given name Caesar, may refer to:
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* 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
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all played football professionally, with Aldo playing 11 games for
Italy
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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
* Internazionale
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...
** Prima Categoria
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: 1919–20
* Novese
** Prima Categoria
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: 1921–22
International
;Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
* 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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1895 births
1968 deaths
Footballers from Milan
Italian men's footballers
Italy men's international footballers
AC Milan players
Inter Milan players
Juventus FC players
ACR Messina players
Novara FC players
Como 1907 players
SS Arezzo players
Italian football managers
ACR Messina managers
Como 1907 managers
SS Arezzo managers
Serie A players
Men's association football forwards
USD Novese players