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Pietro Ferraris

Pietro Ferraris

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Pietro Ferraris (February 15, 1912 - October 11, 1991) was an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...

 football
Football (soccer)
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 player.
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Pietro Ferraris (February 15, 1912 - October 11, 1991) was an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...

 football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...

 player.

Ferraris was born in Vercelli
Vercelli
Vercelli is a city of about 47,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC.The city is situated on the river Sesia in the plain of the river Po between...

, Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km2 and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the so-called Occitan Valleys...

.

He was a striker for Ambrosiana-Inter and eventual world champions Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy national football team represents Italy in international football competition and is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio...

 at the 1938 FIFA World Cup
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. France was chosen as hosts by FIFA in August 1936...

, he scored a goal in their first round match against Norway. He also played for Pro Vercelli, S.S.C. Napoli
S.S.C. Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is an Italian professional football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of their history in Serie A, where they currently play for the 2009–10 season....

, Torino F.C.
Torino F.C.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906...

 and Novara Calcio
Novara Calcio
Novara Calcio is an Italian football club, based in Novara, Piedmont. The club was founded in 1908. Novara currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie A in 1955-56 season...

. In total, he scored 123 goals in 469 appearances in Serie A
Serie A
Serie A, called for sponsorship reasons as Serie A TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the Italian football league system operating for eighty years from 1929. It is organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new league like the English Premier...

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