Rubens Fadini (10 June 1927 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, in the

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, he emigrated to

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at a young age with his family. He began playing football in the Milanese youth league: the ''Dopolavoro Ceretti & Tanfani di Milano''. With Ceretti he won two regional titles in Milan in 1941–42 and 1942–43 and the title of ''Regionale della Sezione Propaganda'' (losing the overall title of the regional championship in a youth match on 18 July 1943, defeated by

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6–1 on the field of ''Pirelli alla Bicocca''). After the war, he was signed by

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, who competed in the Alta Italia. He stayed here for three years. He was acquired by

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in his early twenties. In the final game of the season, before the

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, he replaced an injured

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against

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in Milan. He died in the Superga air disaster aged 21. He had played 10 games in

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, scoring a goal in a home win by 4–1 against Milan on 6 March 1949. Fadini was buried in the cemetery of

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Honours

; Torino *

: 1948–49

References

External links

Profile on Giulianovaweb.it
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Profile on Prione.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fadini, Rubens 1927 births 1949 deaths Italian men's footballers Serie A players Torino FC players Men's association football midfielders Footballers killed in the Superga air disaster ASD Gallarate Calcio players Footballers from Emilia-Romagna 20th-century Italian sportsmen