Luigi Di Franco (born 18 November 1918, date of death unknown) was an Italian footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 November 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Kingdom of Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder/winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937–1941 | Jedinstvo Beograd | [1] 4 | (0) |
| 1941–1942 | SK Jugoslavija | ||
| 1942–1943 | Venezia | 3 | (0) |
| 1943–1944 | Legnago | 11 | (0) |
| 1945–1949 | Mestrina | ||
| 1949–1950 | Deportivo Pereira[2] | 9 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1949–1950 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography edit
Playing as a left winger, Di Franco played in the Yugoslav Championship[3] with SK Jedinstvo Belgrade[4] where he got first registered at January 1937[5] and played until 1941.[6] In 1941, he moved to a more popular Belgrade club SK Jugoslavija.[7] With the beginning of the Second World War, the national league was divided, and Di Franco (spelled as Di Franko or Difranko in the Serbian press) finished second with SK Jugoslavija in the 1940–41 season.
With the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Di Franco returned to Italy, signing with the Serie A side Venezia.[8] They finished the 1942–43 season at 13th place.
At the end of the war, in 1945, Di Franco signed with Mestrina, which was playing in the Serie B. However, at the end of the 1946–47 season, they were relegated to Serie C. Luigi Di Franco stayed with Mestrina until 1949.[9]
Di Franco moved to Colombia to become player-manager of Deportivo Pereira during the 1949 and 1950 seasons.[10]
Di Franco is deceased.[11]
References edit
- ^ Note: counting stats only at national level from the Yugoslav championship final stages, excluding the stats from the Belgrade Subassociation league which the club played all seasons.
- ^ Statistics at Golgolgol.net Archived 2013-01-11 at archive.today
- ^ Luiigi Di Franco at exyufudbal.in.rs
- ^ Milorad Sijić: "Football in Kingdom of Yugoslavia", pag. 169, Di Franco is listed at Jedinstvo squads of 1939 and 1940
- ^ Sportista, n1024, Belgrade 20 January 1937, page 2
- ^ 1940-41 Yugoslav Championship season at fkvojvodina.com (open squad details)
- ^ BSK - Jugoslavija Sećanja Na Prvi Beogradski Večiti Derbi by Živko M. Bojanić at GoogleBooks
- ^ Career at enciclopediadelcalcio.it
- ^ Career at enciclopediadelcalcio.it
- ^ Franco García, Wilfrido (13 April 2012). "El Viejo ´Contingente´ en Colombia" [The old ´Contingent´ in Colombia] (in Spanish). El Deportivo. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012.
- ^ "Luigi Di Franco". World Football. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
External links edit
- Luigi Di Franco at enciclopediadelcalcio.it