Eugenio Canfari

{{Short description|Italian sporting director (1878–1962)}}

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| name = Eugenio Canfari

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1878|10|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Genoa, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|3|23|1877|4|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Turin, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| occupation = Sporting director

| known_for = Co-founding of Juventus FC

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Eugenio Canfari (16 October 1878 – 23 March 1962) was an early Italian sporting director. He was one of the thirteen men who founded Juventus in 1897 and the club's first-ever president.{{cite news|url=http://spazioinwind.libero.it/solegemello/juve.html|publisher=SpazioInWind.it|title= La Vecchia Signora...In Bianconero|date=8 June 2007}} His brother Enrico Canfari was also a founding member of Juventus, and was the second president, although he never played in the Italian Football Championship with Enrico and Juventus.

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Sources

  • {{citation|last1 = Turco|first1=F.|last2=Savasta|first2=V.|title=Il Calcio dimenticato. Toro, Genoa, Milan, Juve, il pallone dei pionieri|year = 2014|publisher = Editori Internazionali Riuniti|language=Italian|isbn=978-88-359-9419-0}}

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Category:1878 births

Category:1962 deaths

Category:Italian sporting directors

Category:Juventus FC chairmen and investors

Category:Italian men's footballers

Category:Juventus FC players

Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position

Category:Sportspeople from Genoa