Luigi Cevenini (; 13 March 1895 – 23 July 1968) was an Italian

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player and

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Throughout his career, Cevenini played 190 times for

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and scored 186 goals, winning the Italian Prima Divisione title in 1920.

International career

With the

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, Cevenini scored 11 goals in 29 matches between 1915 and 1929, winning the

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, playing the first 2 matches. He was Italy's

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between 1925 and 1927.

Personal life

His older brothers

Aldo Cevenini Aldo Cevenini (; 8 November 1889 – 26 October 1973) was an Italians, Italian professional Association football, football player and coach who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Club career Cevenini began his career with Libe ...

and Mario Cevenini and younger brothers Cesare Cevenini and Carlo Cevenini all played football professionally, with Aldo playing 11 games for

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. To distinguish them, Aldo was known as Cevenini I, Mario as Cevenini II, Luigi as Cevenini III, Cesare as Cevenini IV and Carlo as Cevenini V.Cevenini brothers
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Honours

Club

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: 1919–20 * Novese **

: 1921–22

International

;

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: 1927-30

External links

International Goal Scoring Record

References

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