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Adolfo Baloncieri ((:aˈdolfo balkonˈtʃɛːri); 27 July 1897 – 23 July 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Critically regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Gianni Brera considered him one of the great playmakers of all time, along the likes of Giuseppe Meazza and Valentino Mazzola. In 2010, Carlo Felice Chiesa wrote: "If it were possible to rank all-time great "registas" of world football, Adolfo Baloncieri, an athlete from a period so remote from our own, would end up among the first, if not first."〔Chiesa, ''Il secolo azzurro.'' pp. 165-166.〕 With 25 goals, he is the 6th highest all-time scorer of the Italian national team, tied to Filippo Inzaghi and Alessandro Altobelli. ==Early life== Baloncieri was born in Castelceriolo in the province of Alessandria, to a family originally from Caselle Torinese. During childhood he lived with his family in Rosario, Argentina for 12 years where he entered the world of football at age nine. Eager to play sport, he did not complete his studies in accountancy. His older brother Mario was an amateur footballer in Alessandria and then a reporter, while his cousin William Brezzi, who died at a young age, was his teammate at Alessandria and the national team. His brother Carlo drowned in Finale Ligure in August 1933, while his son also died at a young age. With his other daughter, Flora, a teacher, and a sister, he lived in Genoa in later years. He died in 1986, days before he turned 89, from pneumonia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Adolfo Baloncieri )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://guide.supereva.it/torino_fc/interventi/2010/07/hall-of-fame-adolfo-baloncieri )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adolfo Baloncieri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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