Ottavio Bugatti (; 25 September 1928 – 13 September 2016) was an Italian

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from

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, in the

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, who played as a

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Club career

Bugatti played club football for

Napoli Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...

and

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; while at Napoli he played himself into the appearance records books at the club, today he is seventh in the club's all-time appearance records for the league. With Inter he won the Italian Championship twice.

International career

At the international level, Bugatti represented

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seven times, and represented the nation at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

Cameos

In 1961 he appeared in a cameo in

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's film The Last Judgment, in which he played the part of himself.

Honours

;Inter *

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(2): 1962–63, 1964–65 *

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(2): 1963–64, 1964–65 * Intercontinental Cup (2):

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

Filmography

Bugatti also appeared in a comedy movie.IMDB.com
/ref> *1961 - ''Il Giudizio universale''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bugatti, Ottavio 1928 births 2016 deaths Footballers from the Province of Monza e Brianza Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players US 1913 Seregno Calcio players SPAL players SSC Napoli players Inter Milan players Italy men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Italy Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Men's association football goalkeepers 20th-century Italian sportsmen