Angelo Mattea (; 21 October 1892 – 1960) was an Italian

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player and manager from

Santhià Santhià (; pms, Santià or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Santhià is home to a historic carnival named the ''Ca ...

in the Province of Vercelli. He played club football as a

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or midfielder for several teams in Italy including Casale, which he helped to win the 1913–14

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, and

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

. He also played for the Italy national football team five different times between 1914 and 1921, scoring once. Mattea currently holds the record for being the oldest player ever to score their first Serie A goal, a feat which he accomplished at the age of 38 years and 7 days, for Casale, in a 5–1 away loss to

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on 28 October 1930.

Honours

Casale * Italian Football Championship: 1913–14

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References

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