Manlio Bacigalupo (5 September 1908 – 1 December 1977) was an Italian association football

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and manager from

Vado Ligure Vado Ligure (), in antiquity Vada Sabatia, is a port town and ''comune'' in the province of Savona, Liguria, in northern Italy. The town despite its size has become one of the largest ports in Northwest Italy. Economy Vado has a large indus ...

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Playing career

Over the course of his career, Bacigalupo played for five Italian sides, spending most of his time with

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and

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, also playing for

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Personal life

Manilo's brother, Valerio Bacigalupo, was also a footballer, and the goalkeeper of the ''

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'' side that died in the ''

Superga air disaster The Superga air disaster (, "Tragedy of Superga") occurred on 4 May 1949, when a Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian Airlines), carrying the entire Torino F.C., Torino association football, football team (popularly known as the ''Grande ...

''.

Honours

;Torino *

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: 1927–28 ;Genoa *

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: 1934–35 *

Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...

: 1936–37 ;Venezia *

: 1940–41

References

1908 births 1977 deaths Italian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Serie A players Serie B players Torino FC players Genoa CFC players Venezia FC players Virtus Entella players Footballers from the Province of Savona SG Andrea Doria players AC Sampierdarenese players 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-stub