Egidio Calloni

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Egidio Calloni
Personal information
Full name Egidio Calloni
Date of birth (1952-12-01) 1 December 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Busto Arsizio, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1968–1970 Internazionale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1971 Varese 0 (0)
1971–1972 Verbania (loan) 38 (15)
1972–1974 Varese 50 (23)
1974–1978 A.C. Milan 101 (31)
1978–1979 Verona 20 (8)
1979–1980 Perugia 12 (0)
1980–1981 Palermo 29 (11)
1981–1982 Como 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Egidio Calloni (born 1 December 1952 in Busto Arsizio, Province of Varese) is an Italian former football striker, best known for his stint at A.C. Milan.

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Career

An Internazionale youth system product, Calloni then moved to Varese and then on loan to Serie C club Verbania. He returned at Varese in 1972, scoring 23 goals in two Serie B seasons, being noted by A.C. Milan. Signed by the rossoneri in 1974, he played four seasons with A.C. Milan as a regular, scoring 31 goals in 101 matches. He became however famous for his several striking mistakes which brought popular journalist Gianni Brera to nickname him "sciagurato Egidio" (Egidio the wretched), after a minor character from Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed . [1] [2]

He then played with little success with several other Serie A teams, such as Verona and Perugia, being a backup for Paolo Rossi in the latter. He then moved to Serie B club Palermo, scoring 11 goals in 29 matches (including a single match in the 1981–82 season) and being the rosanero topscorer in 1980–81. He then returned to play at Serie A level with Como, failing however to impress, being featured only eight times, and scoring two goals. He retired in 1982, aged 30. [1] [2] [3]

After retirement

Calloni currently works as an agent for a national gelato company of Italy. He was in the news in 2007 after having been involved in a car accident following a cerebral ischemia attack.

Honours

Club

Milan [1]

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Edigio Calloni" (in Italian). Magliarossonera. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Edigio Calloni" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ↑ https://calciopedia.com.br/2021/07/jogadores-egidio-calloni.html
  4. ↑ Roberto Di Maggio; Davide Rota (4 June 2015). "Italy - Coppa Italia Top Scorers". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.


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