Lorenzo "Renzo" Gazzari (7 January 1907 in

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– 1998 in

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who played as a defender.

Career

Gazzari played a total of 152 matches for

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between 1921 and 1928, 10 of which came in the Yugoslav Championship, and helped the club win its first national championship in

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. Next, he will move, along his brother

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to Trieste to play for

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where he'll be spotted by the

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´s scouts. He will continue his career in Florence where he will make an astonishing career becoming one of the most influential defenders of the club in the 1930s, and having capped three times for the Italian B national team. He was mostly known as left full-back, playing equally well with both of his legs. After ending his playing career, he dedicated to tennis, having become a tennis coach. Lorenzo Gazzari played three games for the Italian B national team, all in 1932.Lorenzo Gazzari
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