Umberto Malvano (17 July 1884 – 15 September 1971) was an early

Italian football Football ( it, calcio ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world. They have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only Bra ...

player from

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. He was one of the thirteen men who founded

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

in 1897. After several years of playing as a striker for Juventus, he moved to rivals

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and won the

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with the latter club.

Honours

Milan *

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Individual *

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