Italian footballer
Giovanni De Prà
Date of birth
(1900-06-28 ) 28 June 1900 Place of birth
Genoa , Kingdom of Italy Date of death
15 June 1979(1979-06-15) (aged 78) Place of death
Genoa, Italy Position(s)
Goalkeeper Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 1919–1933
Genoa
304
(0) 1924–1928
Italy
19
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Giovanni Luigi Cecilio De Prà (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni de ˈpra] ; 28 June 1900 – 15 June 1979) was an Italian football goalkeeper .[ 1]
Career
D Prà spent his entire club career with his hometown side Genoa C.F.C. , playing more than 300 games over almost 15 years.[ 2]
D Prà competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics with Italy , and won a bronze medal in 1928.[ 3] as back up for Gianpiero Combi .
He started the first 4 matches in the Central European International Cup : 1927–30 campaign but also here lost his starter position to Gianpiero Combi after the summer of 1928. But remained a part of the successive gold medal winning Italy national side.
Honours
Club
Genoa
International
Italy
References