Emanuele Del Vecchio (24 September 1934 – 7 October 1995) was a Brazilian

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, who played for the Brazil national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Del Vecchio started his career in 1954, defending Santos, and being part of the squad that won the

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in 1955 and in 1956, finishing as that competition's top goalscorer with 23 goals in 1955. He then transferred to Italy, where he scored 13 goals in the 27 Italian Serie A games he played for

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. Del Vecchio then played 68 Italian League games and scored 27 goals for

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, before moving to

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, where he scored eight goals in 21 games. After joining

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, he won the local league in

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, and scored three goals in the nine games he played for the club. Del Vecchio returned to Padova in 1962, playing four more games for the club. He played six Argentine League games and scored three goals for

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of Argentina, before returning to Brazil where he played for

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, Bangu and

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before retiring.

International career

Del Vecchio played nine games and scored a goal for the Brazil national team in 1956 and 1957. Among the games he played include four appearances in the South American Championship in

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, where the Brazilian team managed a fourth–place finish. Del Vecchio played his first game on 24 January 1956, against

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, scoring his only goal for the national team on 16 June 1957, against

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. He played his last game on 10 July 1957, against

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. Defending his country, he won the

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in 1955.

Honours

Club

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Santos *

: 1955, 1956

International

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: 1955

Individual

top goalscorer: 1955

References

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