Adolfo Baloncieri (27 July 1897 – 23 July 1986) was an Italian football player. He was born in Alessandria, where he also died.

Baloncieri was the captain of the Italy national football team that won the bronze medal at the 1928 Olympic Games and the winner of the 1930 Coppa Internazioanle. He earned 47 caps (with 25 goals) for Italy between 1920 and 1930. He also played in two other Olympics, 1920 and 1924, making him the 2nd Most All-Time player with Appearances in the Olympic football tournament.

For club football, he played for Alessandria, Torino and Comense. He won the Serie A title in 1928.

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Adolfo is a Brazilian city located in the interior of the state of São Paulo in the region (região) of São José do Rio Preto.

Angelo Schiavio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈandʒelo ˈskjavjo]; 15 October 1905 - 17 April 1990) was an Italian football player. Schiavio spent his entire career with Bologna FC, the club of the city where he was born and died. He won the 1934 FIFA World Cup with Italy.

His height was 178 cm and he weighed 69 kg, he made his name as a striker who often used physical force to score goals.

Schiavio made his debut for the Bologna first team in 1922-1923, playing 6 games and scoring 6 goals. At that time, the Italian league was organised into several different regional groups. He continued to play (and score) regularly for Bologna and in 1925 Bologna won the first league championship in their history, Schiavio contributing 16 goals in 27 games. The last season played in this "grouped" format was 1928-1929. In this season Bologna won their second championship, with Schiavio averaging more than a goal per game with 30 goals in 26 games - his most prolific domestic campaign.

The 1929-1930 season saw the advent of the Serie A format. Schiavio played in his first Serie A game away against Lazio on the 6 October 1929 - a 3-0 loss for Bologna. His first goal in Serie A came on the 13th of November later that year, in a 2-2 draw at home to Triestina. In the 1931-1932 season he scored 25 goals which led to him winning the Capocannonieri award for top scorer in Serie A. Bologna won two more Scudetti in 1936 and 1937, although Schiavio only played in two games in the latter victory. Schiavio's final season was in 1938-1939, when he made 6 appearances in the league, but failed to score.

Bruno Giordano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbruno dʒorˈdano]; born 13 August 1956) is an Italian football manager and former player.

Born in Rome, Giordano played for most of his career with Lazio, debuting in Serie A on 5 October 1975. He made his debut on the Italian national team in 1978, and soon revealed himself to be one of the most effective Italian strikers.

In 1980 he was arrested for participating in a betting scandal and banned from the Italian championship until 1982. In 1985, after Lazio had been demoted to the Serie B, he was ceded to Napoli for 5 billion lire.

Together with Careca and Diego Maradona, with whom he formed the "Ma-Gi-Ca" line, Giordano was instrumental in SSC Napoli's first scudetto of 1987. He later played for Bologna and Ascoli, before turning to a coaching career.

Giordano's managing career before coaching Messina was somewhat modest, starting in 1993/1994 with Monterotondo of Serie D, where he obtained his first (and only) promotion in 1996/1997 to coach Crotone (from Serie D to Serie C2). Sacked six times in his career, he remained unemployed. After a good season with Reggiana in 2004/2005, he ended in fifth place despite his club's serious financial troubles, which then led to its cancellation. On January 2006, he was called to coach the last-place Serie B team Catanzaro, in a situation widely similar to Reggiana's. Notably, Catanzaro was relegated to Serie C in that season, and declared bankruptcy soon after.

Enrique Guaita (11 July 1910 – 18 May 1959) commonly known as "Enrico Guaita" was an Italian Argentine footballer who played for both Argentina and Italy. He won the World Cup in 1934 with Italy.

He played most of his footballing career in Argentina with Estudiantes and Racing Club, but also played in Italy with Roma where he was nicknamed Il Corsaro Nero.

Guaita played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and Estudiantes de La Plata in Argentina. He moved to Italy, where he played two seasons for A.S. Roma from 1933 to 1935. For the Italian national team he played ten matches (five goals) and scored the only goal in the semifinal match of the 1934 FIFA World Cup against Austria, before Italy went on to win the title. He died at only 48 years old.

Guaita was one of twelve Argentine players to represent both Argentina (four caps, one goal) and Italy (ten caps, five goals) at national level, before the practice of playing for more than one national team was banned.