Gino Rossetti
Gino Rossetti ( born November 7, 1904 in La Spezia, Italy, † May 16, 1992 ) was an Italian footballer.
Career
The first club was the Italian Virtus Spezia in Liguria his birthplace, before the offensive player ran aground in 1921 for Spezia Calcio. For the Aquilotti he played in the Italian championship, which was organized at that time in the form of regional groups with subsequent finals. 1924 occupied Spezia the penultimate place in the group B of the Northern League and had in the relegation play-off, where they managed to avoid relegation. 1925 landed the team only on the bottom of the table and had to join the in the second division. Rossetti was with seven of 16 goals scorer of Spezia. The following season was achieved as group winners soon to rise again.
Through its services, the striker had noticed the person in charge of FC Turin, which Spezia made an offer for the player. Spezia declined the offer and the change only came about when Rossetti threatened to emigrate to Chile, where even his brother worked as a soccer player. The people of Turin he formed with Adolfo Baloncieri and Julio Libonatti a powerful inner storm series, which was also known as the trio delle meraviglie. Already in his first season with 19 goals, he was the third- leading scorer of the league, only his club colleague Libonatti and the Inter players Anton Powolny lay before him. The Turin could also opt for the final round to the championship title but was disallowed by the Association, as club officials had the Juventus player Luigi Allemandi made a bribe offer.
In the next season, Il Toro managed with his dream storm once again winning the final tournament and thus their first league title in the club's history. Also 1928/29, reached the Turin again win the group, the championship title was this time played out directly between the two group winners. After both the Torino and the AGC Bologna had won their home games, had to decide on neutral ground over the title award of a play. In Rome, Bologna finally was victorious 1-0, Rossetti could at least console themselves with the title of the scorer. His mark of 36 goals were never reached again in the highest Italian league since then.
Gino Rossetti remained four more years in Turin, but a second title should be no longer succeed. 1933 he moved to Napoli. The best finish in his four years in Naples was a third place finish, but his goal tally could not come close to Turin successful times and remains in single digits in each season. Short term he returned back yet for a season to Turin before he ended his career in Serie B in his hometown club.
In the National Rossetti made his debut in 1927 against Switzerland, where he contributed a goal for a 5-1 win. In 1928, he took with the national team at the Summer Olympics in part, scoring a goal in two appearances and won the bronze medal. He also was in the winning team of the Italians in the European Cup of the national soccer teams from 1927 to 1930, where he scored six goals in just four inserts and was together with his club colleague Julio Libonatti top scorer of the competition. His best game in the national team he showed in 1929 in a 4-3 win against Czechoslovakia, where he scored three goals. Overall, Rossetti played 13 caps for the Azzurri, scoring nine goals.
Achievements
- European Cup Football Teams: 1927-1930
- Italian Championship: 1927/28,
- Bronze medal at the Summer Olympics: 1928
- Italian scorer: 1929