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Italian footballer
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Quinzano d'Oglio, Italy
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LibraPlace of death
Cremona, Italy
Age
64 years
Sports Teams
Calcio Padova
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio
Italy national football team
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Biography
Giovanni Azzini ([dʒoˈvanni atˈtsiːni; -annj]; 28 September 1929 – 4 June 1994) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Azzini played for 5 seasons (152 games, 2 goals) in the Serie A for Calcio Padova.
Match-fixing accusations
Azzini is mostly remembered for being accused of fixing a game that his team Padova lost 0–3 to Atalanta B.C. on 30 March 1958. He maintained that the key witness, his ex-girlfriend Silveria Marchesini, was lying as revenge for him leaving her. Nevertheless, he was found guilty and banned from football for life. The ban was later reduced to 2 years on appeal.
International career
Azzini played his only game for the Italy national football team on 21 July 1952, against Hungary, during the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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