Aldo Olivieri was a former Italianfootball

Football (soccer)

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 goalkeeper from 1931 to 1943, and trainer after World War II

World War II

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Career

Olivieri was born in San Michele Extra, Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

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Nicknamed Ercolino Semprimpiedi ("Always-Standing Little Hercules"), a famous definition of Italian journalist Gianni Brera

Gianni Brera

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) he played for Verona, Lucchese and Brescia in Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

, and Torino

Torino F.C.

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 in Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

. For Italy

Italy national football team

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 he became World Champion in 1938

1938 FIFA World Cup

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He died in Lido di Camaiore at 90 years old. He was the penultimate survivor of the 1938 winning team squad. The last component who died on November 5, 2006 is defender Pietro Rava

Pietro Rava

Pietro Rava was an Italian football defender and coach. He won the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1938 FIFA World Cup with the Italian national team....

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