Amedeo Biavati

{{short description|Italian footballer (1915-1979)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Amedeo Biavati

| image = Amedeo Biavati 1946 (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Biavati as Bologna's captain in 1946

| fullname = Amedeo Biavati

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1915|4|4}}

| birth_place = Bologna, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1979|4|22|1915|4|4}}

| death_place = Bologna, Italy

| height =

| currentclub =

| position = Forward
Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1930–1932 |youthclubs1 = Bologna

| years1 = 1934–1935 |clubs1 = Bologna |caps1 = 16 |goals1 = 6

| years2 = 1934–1935 |clubs2 = Catania |caps2 = 30 |goals2 = 9

| years3 = 1935–1947 |clubs3 = Bologna |caps3 = 203 |goals3 = 58

| years4 = 1948–1949 |clubs4 = Reggina |caps4 = ? |goals4 = ?

| years5 = 1949–1950 |clubs5 = Imolese |caps5 = ? |goals5 = 3

| years6 = 1950–1951 |clubs6 = Magenta |caps6 = ? |goals6 = ?

| years7 = 1951–1952 |clubs7 = U.G. Manduria Sport |caps7 = ? |goals7 = ?

| years8 = 1953–1954 |clubs8 = A.S.D. Molfetta |caps8 = 1+ |goals8 = 1+

| years9 = 1954–1955 |clubs9 = Belluno |caps9 = 9+ |goals9 = 3+

| totalcaps =

| nationalyears1 = 1938–1947 |nationalteam1 = Italy |nationalcaps1 = 18 |nationalgoals1 = 8

| manageryears1 = 1949–1950 |managerclubs1 = Imolese

| manageryears2 = 1950–1951 |managerclubs2 = Magenta

| manageryears3 = 1951–1952 |managerclubs3 = U.G. Manduria Sport

| manageryears4 = 1953–1954 |managerclubs4 = A.S.D. Molfetta

| manageryears5 = 1954–1955 |managerclubs5 = Belluno B

| manageryears6 = 19?? |managerclubs6 = Fano

| manageryears7 = 19?? |managerclubs7 = Boca San Lazzaro

| manageryears8 = 1969–1970 |managerclubs8 = U.S. Rovereto

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Team|{{fb|Italy|1861}}}}

{{MedalCompetition |FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|W|1938 France|}}

}}

Amedeo Biavati ({{IPA|it|ameˈdɛːo bjaˈvaːti}}; 4 April 1915 – 22 April 1979) was an Italian footballer, who was born in Bologna. He was usually deployed as forward or as a midfielder on the wing.{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/amedeo-biavati_res-b8b4ef1a-ed53-11e2-9888-00271042e8d9_%28Enciclopedia-dello-Sport%29/|title=BIAVATI, Amedeo|publisher=Treccani: Enciclopedia dello Sport (2002)|language=Italian|accessdate=21 January 2015}} A very fast and creative player, with an eye for goal, precise crossing, and excellent technical ability and dribbling skills, Biavati is regarded as one of the greatest Italian players and wingers of all time, and is largely remembered for popularising the use of notable skills and feints in Italian football, in particular the step over.{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2007/marzo/07/italiano_padre_della_finta_ga_3_070307012.shtml|title=Ma è un italiano il padre della finta|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|date=7 March 2007|accessdate=21 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org/1938-8-ritratti.html|title=1938 Italia: Capitolo VIII: Ritratti dei Campioni del Mondo|publisher=Storie di Calcio|language=Italian|accessdate=4 November 2015|archive-date=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908160014/http://www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org/1938-8-ritratti.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.calciomercato.com/news/pavoletti-e-i-grandi-specialisti-di-testa-dell-italia-e-del-mond-85255 |title=Pavoletti e i grandi specialisti di testa dell'Italia e del mondo |publisher=www.calciomercato.com |author1=Furio Zara |language=Italian |date=15 May 2018 |accessdate=1 May 2019 }}