Ivo Banella (born 29 September 1953 in
Castiglione del Lago
Castiglione del Lago is a town in the province of Perugia of Umbria (central Italy), on the southwest corner of Lake Trasimeno. Orvieto is south, Chiusi is to the south west, Arezzo is to the north west, Cortona is to the north, and Perugia is ...
) is a retired
Italian football
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player.
His debut professional game in the 1971/72 season for
A.S. Roma
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remained his only
Serie A
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game.
References
External links
1953 births
Living people
Italian men's footballers
Serie A players
AS Roma players
AC Legnano players
ASD Città di Gallipoli players
Men's association football forwards
People from Castiglione del Lago
Footballers from the Province of Perugia
20th-century Italian sportsmen
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