Giuseppe Casari was an Italian

Italy

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 football (soccer)

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 player.
Giuseppe Casari is one of the most notable Italian goalkeepers of the fifties

1950s

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 despite being in the second division

Serie B

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 for some of his career. Born and raised in Bergamo

Bergamo

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 he debuted for his local Atalanta

Atalanta B.C.

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 in the 1944 regional championship and in Serie A

Serie A 1945-46

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 the following year. In 1948 he was the starting goalie for the national team at the London Olympics

Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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 but after a shutout against the U.S.

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 five goals got past him against Denmark

Denmark national football team

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. He was part of the 1950 World Cup

1950 FIFA World Cup

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 team as a reserve behind Sentimenti IV

Lucidio Sentimenti

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 but in the inconsequential game against Paraguay

Paraguay national football team

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 Giuseppe Moro

Giuseppe Moro

Giuseppe Moro was an Italian football player.In eight season in Serie A Giuseppe Moro defended the goal of six different teams...

 was called on instead. After the World Cup he went to Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

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 where he earned four caps for the national team although he did not secure a permanent starting position(the national team had called up 12 goalkeepers in a matter of 15 years). An interesting occurrence of which he did figure in at the 1950 World Cup was at their disappointing 3-2 loss to Sweden

Sweden national football team

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. The frustrated Italian fans were taunting the team; Casari responded in kind inciting further chaos causing the team to have to flee in order to avoid being lynched.