Amleto Frignani (; 5 March 1932 – 2 March 1997) was an

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Frignani played 9 seasons (248 games, 40 goals) in the Italian

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for

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Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football league system, Italian fo ...

and

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International career

At international level, Frignani earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals for the Italy national team between 1952 and 1957, and participated in the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June ...

Honours

;Milan *

: 1954–55 *

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1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

1932 births 1997 deaths Italian men's footballers Italy men's international footballers Sportspeople from Carpi, Emilia-Romagna Footballers from the Province of Modena 1954 FIFA World Cup players AC Reggiana 1919 players AC Milan players Udinese Calcio players Genoa CFC players Serie A players Serie B players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-forward-1930s-stub