Renato Gandolfi

Renato Gandolfi (17 November 1927 – 30 April 2011) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Renato Gandolfi
Personal information
Date of birth (1925-11-17)17 November 1925
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Date of death 23 September 2011(2011-09-23) (aged 85)
Place of death Genoa, Italy
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1940–1946 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 → Carrarese (loan) 14 (0)
1948–1950 Clodia 7 (0)
1950–1952 Torino 58 (0)
1952–1953 Genoa 7 (0)
1953–1954 Legnano (loan) 22 (0)
1954–1955 Lazio (loan) 0 (0)
1955–1959 Genoa 69 (0)
1959–1961 Piazenza 46 (0)
Total 223 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

He entered the Torino youth team in 1940,[2] then was loaned to Carrarese for two seasons, in Serie C. Back in Turin, he was part of the Grande Torino in the 1948–49 season as the reserve goalkeeper: second to Valerio Bacigalupo[1][2] and held back by a broken collarbone.[3] He played two games in that season's Serie A, playing as a starter on 28 November 1948 against Triestina. During a trip to Portugal, he was forced to leave his place to Dino Ballarin, the third goalkeeper, under pressure from his brother Aldo: this prevented him from dying in the Superga air disaster.

He remained at Torino with the only other surviving player, Sauro Tomà,[4] the reserve of Giuseppe Moro in the league from 1948–49,[5] and in 1950 was sold to Legnano, in Serie B.[6]

With Legnano he won promotion to Serie A and provided particularly adept at parrying penalty kicks: in the 1951–52 season he parried five. In 1952 came back down to Serie B with Genoa, winning another promotion to Serie A as the reserve of Angelo Franzosi; he debuted with the rossoblu due to Franzosi's injury, in the heat of a match between Genoa and Legnano of 5 April 1953. In subsequent seasons Genoa loaned him first to Legnano, in Serie A, and then in December 1954, Lazio, where he was never used and deployed only in reserves. Finally he returned to Genoa, where he confirmed his reputation as a skilled goalkeeper on penalty kicks, parrying, among others, a penalty in a decisive game for salvation against Verona, in the 1957–58 season.

He totalled 118 appearances in Serie A.

Honours
Torino
Genoa

Bibliography
  • Franco Tomati; Gianni Brera (1992). Genoa Amore mio. Nuove Edizioni Periodiche.

References
  1. Il Grande Toro arriva in tivù. Gandolfi: 'Mi salvò il destino', La Repubblica, 24 settembre 2005, pag.9 - sez. Genova
  2. Uno schianto e finì il Grande Torino, Gandolfi ringrazia quella sostituzione, La Gazzetta dello Sport, 27 December 1998
  3. Fanfulla-Torino 2-3 - Stagione 1948-1949 Archived 2013-01-08 at the Wayback Machine Archiviotoro.it
  4. Visti i primi giocatori nella sede dei granata, Stampa Sera, 21 June 1949, pag.4
  5. Il Torino 1949-50, Il Corriere dello Sport, 30 August 1949, pag.4
  6. Karl Ange Hansen è rientrato in Italia, La Stampa, 15 August 1950, pag.4
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