Valerio Bacigalupo
Football, Football player
1924 – 1949
Who was Valerio Bacigalupo?
Valerio Bacigalupo was an Italian association football goalkeeper from Vado Ligure, Savona. He started his career with home province side Savona. After a brief spell at Genoa he moved to Torino where he won Serie A four times in a row.
Bacigalupo older brother, Manlio Bacigalupo, also played professional football. Valerio was called up to the Italian national football team five times. He died in the Superga air disaster with most of the Il Grande Torino team.
After his death, the club where he started his career, Savona renamed its ground Stadio Valerio Bacigalupo in his honour.
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- Born
- Mar 12, 1924
Vado Ligure - Nationality
- Italy
- Lived in
- Vado Ligure
- Died
- May 4, 1949
Superga
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on July 23, 2013
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