Carlo Mattrel (; 14 April 1937 – 25 September 1976) was an

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, who played as a

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. During his career, he was regarded as one of the top goalkeepers in Italy, and had a highly successful career at club level playing for

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 particular, while also representing other Italian clubs. At international level, he represented the

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at the

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Club career

Mattrel played with

for most of his career, between 1955 and 1965, aside from two brief loan spells with Anconitana and

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. With the Turin club, he won three

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titles during the 1957–58, 1959–60, and 1960–61 seasons, as well as three

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tournaments in 1959, 1960, and 1965. After his time with Juventus, he spent two seasons with

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, and one final season with

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly known as S.P.A.L. (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The team plays in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1907, since ...

before retiring in 1968. Throughout his career, he made 158 appearances in

, 27 in the

, 4 in the

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, and 1 in the

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International career

He made his first appearance for

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on 13 May 1962 in a 3–1 away win over

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. Mattrel was also part of the Italy squad in the

, initially as a back-up for

Lorenzo Buffon Lorenzo Buffon (, ; born 19 December 1929) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Throughout his career, he played 277 times for Italian club A.C. Milan, and also later played for their city rivals Inter Milan, as well as ...

, but he went on to make an appearance for Italy in the infamous second group match against hosts

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on 2 June, known also as the " Battle of Santiago", as Italy were defeated, and eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

Style of play

Regarded as one of the best Italian goalkeepers of his generation, Mattrel was as a serious, hard-working, and disciplined player, who was capable of organising his defence well. Despite not being a particularly strong, acrobatic, or athletic keeper, or a good puncher of the ball, which saw him struggle on crosses, he was known however for his shot-stopping ability, excellent positional sense, speed when rushing off his line, and his ability to read the game, as well as his agility, in spite of his tall, slender frame.

After retirement

After his playing career, Mattrel became a building contractor. He died in 1976, aged 39, in a road accident.

Honours

;

: 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61 *

: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65

References

External links

Biography - forza-juventus.comBiography - pianetarosanero.it
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