Rubens Fadini (10 June 1927 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Jolanda di Savoia Jolanda di Savoia ( Ferrarese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna and about east of Ferrara. Founded as Le Venezie in 1903, it took its current name ...

, in the

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, he emigrated to

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at a young age with his family. He began playing football in the Milanese youth league: the ''Dopolavoro Ceretti & Tanfani di Milano''. With Ceretti he won two regional titles in Milan in 1941–42 and 1942–43 and the title of ''Regionale della Sezione Propaganda'' (losing the overall title of the regional championship in a youth match on 18 July 1943, defeated by

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6–1 on the field of ''Pirelli alla Bicocca''). After the war, he was signed by

Gallaratese Gallaratese is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city. It is located about 7 km north-west of the city centre. It borders on the ''comune'' of Pero to the north and on the districts o ...

, who competed in the Alta Italia. He stayed here for three years. He was acquired by

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in his early twenties. In the final game of the season, before 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 ...

, he replaced an injured

Valentino Mazzola Valentino Mazzola (; 26 January 1919 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. Considered one of the great number 10s in the history of football and, according to some, the best Italian footbal ...

against

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in Milan. He died in the Superga air disaster aged 21. He had played 10 games in

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, scoring a goal in a home win by 4–1 against Milan on 6 March 1949. Fadini was buried in the cemetery of

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Honours

; Torino *

: 1948–49

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fadini, Rubens 1927 births 1949 deaths Italian men's footballers Serie A players Torino FC players Men's association football midfielders Footballers killed in the Superga air disaster ASD Gallarate Calcio players Footballers from Emilia-Romagna