Guido Gratton was an Italian

Italy

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 football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 player.
A Friulian from Monfalcone

Monfalcone

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, Guido Gratton played for Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

 in the 1950s, together with players such as Julinho

Júlio Botelho

Júlio Botelho, also known as Julinho was a Brazilian football player....

, Virgili, and Montuori

Miguel Montuori

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. With him the team won one championship, 4 consecutive 2nd place finishes and one Champions Cup final

1957 European Cup Final

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 lost to Real Madrid

Real Madrid

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.

In the 1958-59 season

Serie A 1958-59

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 the team established the record for goals scored in an 18-team league (95, nearly 3 goals per game). He also played offensive midfield for the national team where he earned eleven caps, scored 3 goals and was on the roster for the 1954 World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

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. Before his time with the 'Gigliati' he played for Parma

Parma F.C.

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, Vicenza

Vicenza Calcio

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 and Como. In 1960

Serie A 1960-61

-Final classification:-Results:...

 he went to play for Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

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 and finally Lazio

S.S. Lazio

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 at the age of thirty.