Stefano Raise (8 August 1932 – 6 February 2008) was an Italian former

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who played as a

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Club career

Raise debuted with

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Hellas Verona (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Verona, Veneto, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won ...

in 1953 during their Serie B campaign. The following season Raise scored two goals in 11 games, before transferring to U.S. Catanzaro in the summer. Raise finished with a total of 3 goals in 21 games for Verona. During his first season with Catanzaro, Raise scored 10 goals in 34 games of their 1956–66 campaign in Serie C. In his fourth season at Catanzaro, Raise helped the team secure promotion into Serie B. In the team's first season back in Serie B, Raise scored 1 goal in 37 matches. Raise continued to play for another 5 seasons with the Calabrian side and even went on to captain the team. Raise was apart the squad that reached the 1966 Coppa Italia Final. Catanzaro lost the final 2–1 against

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in Rome, however Raise did not play. By the end of the 1956–66 campaign, Raise had spent 11 seasons with the club, 4 in Serie C and 7 in Serie B. His total record for Serie B with the club ended with 6 goals in 184 appearances. His total record for the club across all league games ended with 26 goals in 312 appearances.

Career statistics

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Honours

U.S. Catanzaro *

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: 1958–59 (Girone B)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raise, Stefano 1932 births 2008 deaths Men's association football midfielders Italian men's footballers US Catanzaro 1929 players Hellas Verona FC players Serie B players Serie C players Footballers from Friuli Venezia Giulia 20th-century Italian sportsmen