Carlo Buscaglia

{{short description|Italian footballer (1909-1981)}}

{{for|the World War II pilot|Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia}}

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| name = Carlo Buscaglia

| image = File:CarloBuscaglia.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1909|2|9}}

| birth_place = Bastia di Balocco, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1981|8|15|1909|2|9}}

| death_place = Turin, Italy

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| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1927–28 | years2 = 1928–38 | years3 = 1938–40 | years4 = 1940–42

| clubs1 = Casale | clubs2 = Napoli | clubs3 = Juventus | clubs4 =Savona[http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/BuscagliaC.html Enciclopedia Del Calcio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819220057/http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/BuscagliaC.html |date=2007-08-19 }}

| caps1 = 28 | goals1 = 2 | caps2 = 259 | goals2 = 40 | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 1 | caps4 = 34 | goals4 = 10

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Carlo Buscaglia (9 February 1909 – 15 August 1981) was an Italian footballer from Bastia di Balocco in the Province of Vercelli who played as a midfielder.

Career

Buscaglia played club football most notably for Napoli. He spent a decade at Napoli, also serving as the team's captain, and wrote himself into the appearance records books at the club; today he is sixth in the club's all-time appearance records for the league.{{cite web | url=http://clubanglonapulitano.tripod.com/players.html | title=Napoli Player Statistics | work=ClubAngloNapulitano | accessdate=9 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231225254/http://clubanglonapulitano.tripod.com/players.html | archive-date=31 December 2016 | url-status=dead }}

After leaving Napoli in 1938, he spent two year spells at Juventus and Savona.

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