Pietro Rava
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| Full name | Pietro Rava | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cassine, Alessandria, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 November 2006 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1943 | Juventus | 180 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1944 | Juventus | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1944–1946 | U.S. Alessandria | 50 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | Juventus | 38 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1950 | Novara | 73 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1935–1946 | Italy | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1952–1954 | Padova | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Sampdoria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Palermo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1963 | U.S. Alessandria | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pietro Rava (21 January 1916 – 5 November 2006) was an Italian football defender and coach, who played as a full-back. He won the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1938 FIFA World Cup with the Italian national team.
Rava, born in Cassine, Province of Alessandria, played for the clubs U.S. Alessandria (1928–35, 1946–47), Juventus F.C. (1935–46 and 1947–50) and Novara Calcio (1950–51). He won two Italian Cups in the 1937–38 and 1941–42 seasons, and two scudetti in the 1934–35 and 1949–50 seasons. He was Juventus's captain from 1947 to 1950. In total, he played in 352 Serie A matches (including 303 for Juventus), scoring 15 goals.
Rava appeared in 30 international matches with the Italian national team between 1936 and 1946, losing only one game, and becoming the Italy captain in 1940. He won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and won the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He was selected to the "Best XI" of the 1938 World Cup. Along with Alfredo Foni, Sergio Bertoni, and Ugo Locatelli, Rava is one of only four Italian players ever to win both the Olympic tournament and the World Cup.
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