Carlo Domenico Sartori (born 10 February 1948) is an Italian former

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Career

Born in

Caderzone Caderzone Terme (''Cadärción'' or ''Cadarciùn'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about west of Trento. Caderzone borders the following municipal ...

, Italy, the Sartoris moved to Manchester when Carlo was a child, and he grew up in the

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area of the city. He came through the

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youth team in the mid-1960s and was one of the first non-British or Irish players to come up through the junior ranks at the club. He signed as an apprentice with the club in July 1963, at the age of 15, turned professional at the age of 17, and made his debut for the club in October 1968, coming on as a substitute for Francis Burns in a 2–2 away draw against

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, becoming the club's very first non-British or Irish player. He left in 1973, with a total of 55 appearances and 6 goals for Manchester United,Where are they now? April 2002
and returned to Italy to sign for

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where he was part of the team that won the Coppa Italia 1973–74. He would later play for

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and

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before retiring in 1984. With US Lecce, he won the Serie C title in 1975–1976 and, most importantly, the Anglo–Italian Cup by defeating Scarborough in the championship game (4-1).

References

1948 births Living people Footballers from Trentino Manchester United F.C. players Rimini FC 1912 players US Lecce players SPAL players Italian men's footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in England Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Manchester English Football League players 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub