Egon Terzetta ( Bulgarian: Егон Терцета) (2 July 1899 – 16 August 1964) was an Italian

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who played for SK Ticha and SC Vladislav from

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, Bulgaria. Terzetta was born in Valona,

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, modern-day Albania, into a family of old Venetian descent. At age 9, Egon was sent to the Military Academy of

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(Militar Oberrealschule – Marburg), where he graduated at 18. He followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a

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. Due to his work he traveled to many

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and

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ports. Terzetta finally settled in the

port city of

, Bulgaria. Here he demonstrated his football talent, initially playing for SK Ticha. After a rift within membership, Terzetta joined Boris Stavrev, Andrej Ivanov, and Petar Hristov on a new team,

Sport Club Vladislav Sporten klub Vladislav () was a sports club from Varna, Bulgaria. During its history, Vladislav won the Bulgarian Football Championship three times. Vladislav's first title came at the inaugural championship in 1925 and its last was in 1934. Its ...

, which formed from the splitting of Sport Club Granit. With Vladislav, Terzetta won the first ever Tsar's Cup in 1925, captaining the team to its first Championship title. He also scored the second goal in a 2–0 victory in the final match against

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. Terzetta was the team's captain also in its second successive Championship winning final in 1926. His career came to an abrupt end after he suffered an injury few days before the final match in 1928. Egon Terzetta married Russian

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Tamara Pelehin. The couple had a daughter Alicia, born in 1930. After the communist take over in Bulgaria, the family moved to Italy and settled in Genoa where Egon resumed his career as a shipping agent. He died peacefully in

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his sleep on 16 August 1964 and is buried in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Terzetta, Egon 1899 births 1964 deaths Italian expatriates in Bulgaria Italian men's footballers Sport in Varna, Bulgaria Footballers from Vlorë Albanian men's footballers Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football players not categorized by position 20th-century Italian sportsmen