Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emanuele Del Vecchio | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1934 | ||
Place of birth | São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 7 October 1995 | (aged 61)||
Place of death | Santos, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1954–1957 | Santos | 180 [2] | (105) |
1957–1958 | Verona | 27 | (13) |
1959–1961 | Napoli | 68 | (27) |
1961–1962 | Padova | 21 | (8) |
1962 | Milan | 9 | (3) |
1962–1963 | Padova | 4 | (0) |
1963–1964 | Boca Juniors | 6 | (3) |
1964–1967 | São Paulo | 69 | (34) |
1967 | Bangu | ||
1968–1970 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
International career | |||
1956–1957 | Brazil | 9 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1984 | Santos | ||
1986 | Internacional de Limeira | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Emanuele Del Vecchio, commonly known as Del Vecchio (24 September 1934 [3] – 7 October 1995 [3]), was a Brazilian football forward, who played for the Brazil national team.
Born in São Vicente, São Paulo, Del Vecchio started his career in 1954, defending Santos, [4] and being part of the squad that won the Campeonato Paulista in 1955 and in 1956, [3] finishing as that competition's top goalscorer with 23 goals in 1955. [5] He then transferred to Italy, where he scored 13 goals in the 27 Italian Serie A games he played for Verona. [1] Del Vecchio then played 68 Italian League games and scored 27 goals for Napoli, before moving to Padova, where he scored eight goals in 21 games. [1] After joining Milan, he won the local league in 1962, [3] and scored three goals in the nine games he played for the club. [1] Del Vecchio returned to Padova in 1962, playing four more games for the club. [6] He played six Argentine League games and scored three goals for Boca Juniors of Argentina, [1] before returning to Brazil where he played for São Paulo, Bangu and Atlético Paranaense before retiring. [3]
Del Vecchio played nine games and scored a goal for the Brazil national team between 1956 and 1957. [7] Among the games he played include four appearances in the South American Championship in 1956, where the Brazilian team managed a fourth–place finish. [4] Del Vecchio played his first game on 24 January 1956, against Chile, scoring his only goal for the national team on 16 June 1957, against Portugal. [7] He played his last game on 10 July 1957, against Argentina. [7] Defending his country, he won the Roca Cup in 1955. [7]