William Negri

{{Short description|Italian footballer and manager (1935–2020)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = William Negri

|image = William Negri.jpg

|caption = Negri in 1965

|fullname = William Negri

|height =

|position = Goalkeeper

|birth_date = {{birth date|1935|7|30|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Bagnolo San Vito, Italy

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|26|1935|7|30|df=yes}}

|death_place = Mantua, Italy

|clubs1 = Indomita Mantova | years1 = 1948–1952 | caps1 = ? | goals1 = 0

|clubs2 = Governolese | years2 = 1952–1954 | caps2 = ? | goals2 = 0

|clubs3 = Mantova | years3 = 1954–1957 | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 0

|clubs4 = → Palermo (loan) | years4 = 1957 | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

|clubs5 = → Bagheria (loan) | years5 = 1957–1958 | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 0

|clubs6 = Mantova | years6 = 1958–1963 | caps6 = 159 | goals6 = 0

|clubs7 = Bologna | years7 = 1963–1967 | caps7 = 79 | goals7 = 0

|clubs8 = → Mantova (loan) | years8 = 1967 | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0

|clubs9 = Vicenza | years9 = 1967–1968 | caps9 = 26 | goals9 = 0

|clubs10 = Genoa | years10 = 1968–1969 | caps10 = 6 | goals10 = 0

|clubs11 = Mantova | years11 = 1970–1971 | caps11 = 0 | goals11 = 0

|nationalteam1 = Italy |nationalyears1 = 1962–1965 |nationalcaps1 = 12 |nationalgoals1 = 0

|manageryears1 = 1972–1973 |managerclubs1 = Mantova

}}

William Negri ({{IPA|it|ˈwilljam ˈneːɡri}}; 30 July 1935 – 26 June 2020) was an Italian association football manager and footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented the Italy national football team 12 times, the first being on 11 November 1962, on the occasion of a friendly match against Austria in a 2–1 away win.{{cite web|url=https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/dettaglio-convocato/?calciatoreId=46305&squadraId=12|title=Negri, William|date=26 May 2023 |publisher=FIGC|language=Italian}}

On 26 June 2020, Negri died in Mantua at the age of 84.[https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/fc/william-negri-1.5263920 William Negri morto, addio al portiere dell'ultimo scudetto del Bologna] {{in lang|it}}