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Egidio Calloni (born 1 December 1952 in Busto Arsizio, Province of Varese) is an Italian former football striker, best known for his stint at A.C. Milan.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Egidio Calloni | ||
Date of birth | 1 December 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Busto Arsizio, Italy | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1968–1970 | Internazionale | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1971 | Varese | 0 | (0) |
1971–1972 | Verbania (loan) | 38 | (15) |
1972–1974 | Varese | 50 | (23) |
1974–1978 | A.C. Milan | 101 | (31) |
1978–1979 | Verona | 20 | (8) |
1979–1980 | Perugia | 12 | (0) |
1980–1981 | Palermo | 29 | (11) |
1981–1982 | Como | 8 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
An Internazionale youth system product, Calloni then moved to Varese and then on loan to Serie C club Verbania. He returned at Varese in 1972, scoring 23 goals in two Serie B seasons, being noted by A.C. Milan. Signed by the rossoneri in 1974, he played four seasons with A.C. Milan as a regular, scoring 31 goals in 101 matches. He became however famous for his several striking mistakes which brought popular journalist Gianni Brera to nickname him "sciagurato Egidio" (Egidio the wretched), after a minor character from Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.[1][2]
He then played with little success with several other Serie A teams, such as Verona and Perugia, being a backup for Paolo Rossi in the latter. He then moved to Serie B club Palermo, scoring 11 goals in 29 matches (including a single match in the 1981–82 season) and being the rosanero topscorer in 1980–81. He then returned to play at Serie A level with Como, failing however to impress, being featured only eight times, and scoring two goals. He retired in 1982, aged 30.[1][2]
Calloni currently works as an agent for a national gelato company of Italy. He was in the news in 2007 after having been involved in a car accident following a cerebral ischemia attack.
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