Mario Corso
Mario Corso with Inter
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mario Corso | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Verona, Italy | ||
| Height | 175 | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| A.C. Audace SME | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1973 | Inter | 413 | (75) |
| 1973–1975 | Genoa | 26 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1961–1971 | Italy | 23 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978–82 | Napoli Primavera | ||
| 1982–83 | Lecce | ||
| 1983–84 | Catanzaro | ||
| 1984–85 | Inter Primavera | ||
| 1985–86 | Inter | ||
| 1987–89 | Mantova | ||
| 1989–90 | Barletta | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mario Corso, nicknamed Mariolino (born 25 August 1941 in Verona), is an Italian former football player and coach. A famed and dynamic left winger, he is regarded as one of the greatest Italian players in his position, earning the nicknames "" and "God's Left Foot", due to his skills, free kick technique and crossing ability.
Corso is mostly remembered for his highly successful club career at Inter, and was a key member of Helenio Herrera's Grande Inter side. He has also represented the Italy national football team on 23 occasions. After retiring, he later served as a coach for Internazionale and other teams, winning the B group of the 1987–88 Serie C2 campaign with Mantova.
Corso was an important player of Internazionale, the team with which he played almost exclusively throughout his entire career, from 1957 to 1973, winning four Serie A titles, two European Champions and two Intercontinental Cups, also reaching another European Cup final, and a Coppa Italia final. Corso made his Inter debut at the age of 16, in a Coppa Italia match against Como, which Inter won 3–0; on his debut, Corso scored the second goal of the match, becoming the youngest ever goalscorer in Inter's history. On 23 November 1957, he also made his Serie A debut, in a 5–1 win against Sampdoria, soon becoming a permanent member of the starting eleven, and later serving as captain of the squad. Corso had a role on the left wing in Helenio Herrera's Inter Milan team of the 1960s, which is known as La Grande Inter, winning consecutive Serie A, European Cup, and Intercontinental Cup titles. Following his time with Inter, Corso briefly moved to Genoa in 1973, remaining there for two seasons before retiring in 1975. In total, he played 436 matches with 78 goals in Serie A.
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