Vittorio Staccione

Vittorio Staccione
Personal information
Date of birth (1904-04-09)9 April 1904
Place of birth Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 16 March 1945(1945-03-16) (aged 40)
Place of death Mauthausen-Gusen, Austria
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1919–1924 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1924–1927 Torino 20
1924–1925 → Cremonese (loan) 25
1927–1931 Fiorentina 94
1931–1934 Cosenza 77
1934–1935 Savoia 2
Total 218
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vittorio Staccione (9 April 1904 – 16 March 1945) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Early and personal life

Staccione was born in Turin; his younger brother, Eugenio was also a professional footballer.[2] His wife, Giulia, died in 1930 following the complications from the delivery of a stillborn child.[2]

Career

In his youth, Mazzoni played for Torino.[3]

In his senior career, Staccione played for Torino (1924–1927), Cremonese (on loan from Torino during the 1924–25 season), Fiorentina (1927–1931), Cosenza (1931–1934), and Savoia (1934–1935).[4][3][5]

During his time at Torino, he contributed to winning the 1926–27 Divisione Nazionale which was later stripped following allegations of bribery.[4]

Later life and death

After retiring from football, Staccione worked as a labourer for Fiat.[6][2]

Staccione was a noted anti-fascist. During his time at Savoia, he was regularly accosted by fascist personnel. He was arrested by the SS in March 1944 and died at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in March 1945.[6][2][4]

In 2012, he was inducted into ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame.[7]

References

  1. ^ Lara, Miguel Ángel (26 October 2016). "El 'obrero' del Torino que pereció en Mauthausen-Gusen". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Cravero, Federica (14 January 2020). "Vittorio, il mediano socialista perseguitato dai fascisti e morto a Mauthausen". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Vittorio Staccione: opporsi in mezzo a un campo. Anche di concetramento". Zona Cesarini (in Italian). 14 March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Harvey, Joe (22 March 2021). "Il Mediano di Mauthausen: The Tragedy of Vittorio Staccione". The Football Pink. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ Giuntini, Sergio (2020). O' Cammello: Vita, morti e miracolosi gol di Antonio Bacchetti partigiano-calciatore (in Italian). Mimesis.
  6. ^ a b ""Il mediano di Mauthausen", un libro su Vittorio Staccione". La Nazione (in Italian). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  7. ^ "La prima edizione della Hall of Fame Viola". Nove da Firenze (in Italian). 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.


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