Vittore Gottardi (24 September 1941 – 18 December 2015) was a Swiss football

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who played for Switzerland in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

He also played for

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...

Bellinzona Bellinzona ( , , Ticinese ; french: Bellinzone ; german: Bellenz ; rm, Blizuna )is a municipality, a historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its three castles (Castelgrande, Montebell ...

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and Rapid Lugano. He won the Swiss Cup with Lausanne in 1964 and with Lugano in 1968, but was on the losing side in the 1969 Cup final with Bellinzona.

International career

Gottardi made his debut for Switzerland in a July 1966 FIFA World Cup match against

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Intl stats
- EU Football and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a January 1967

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against

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Honours

:Swiss Cup (2): 1964, 1968

References

External links

FIFA profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gottardi, Vittore 1941 births 2015 deaths People from Lugano District Men's association football midfielders Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players FC Lugano players FC Lausanne-Sport players AC Bellinzona players Footballers from Ticino