Giuseppe Meazza

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For the stadium named after this man - which is more commonly known as the San Siro - see Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

Giuseppe Meazza (August 23 1910 – August 21 1979) was an Italian footballer playing mainly for Inter in the 1930s, scoring 243 goals in 361 games for the club. He is still considered by many to be one of the greatest Italian players of all-time, along with legends such as Valentino Mazzola, Silvio Piola, Giacinto Facchetti , Gianni Rivera, Renzo De Vecchi, Dino Zoff, Luigi Riva, Gaetano Scirea, Paolo Maldini and Roberto Baggio.

Meazza was the first Italian football player who became famous worldwide, and was the first player with personal sponsors. He was also famous for sleeping at a brothel the night before a match.

The San Siro, the principal stadium in his native city of Milan, which is today shared by Inter and crosstown rivals AC Milan, is now officially called Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. However, in the spirit of the rivalry between the two clubs, Milan supporters continue to call the ground San Siro.

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Career at Inter Milan

Meazza still holds the record for the most goals scored in a debut season in Serie A, with 31 goals in his first season (1929-30). The year before, when Serie A didn't exist, and the Italian Championship was composed of 2 leagues (North and Central-South) with playoffs, Meazza played 29 matches, scoring 38 goals at the age of 18 years.

He won 3 national championships with Inter in 1930, 1938 and 1940, and was runner-up in 1933, 1934 and 1935; the Italian Cup in 1939; and was top-scorer of Serie A 3 times (1930, 1936, 1938). He was also top-scorer in the pre-Serie A year of 1929. Later in his career he played also with A.C. Milan, Juventus and Atalanta Bergamo.

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National team career

Meazza played for Italy in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups, both of which Italy won.

Among his memorable moments is a goal he scored in the 1938 tournament against Brazil in the semi-final. Italy were awarded a controversial penalty and as Meazza stepped up to take it, his shorts fell down. Meazza, without letting this stress him, held his shorts up and shot past the confused Brazilian keeper Walter, sending Italy through to the final.

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Career records

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Serie A record

Season Club Appearances Goals
1927-28 Inter 33 11
1928-29 Inter 29 38
1929-30 Inter 33 31
1930-31 Inter 34 24
1931-32 Inter 28 21
1932-33 Inter 32 20
1933-34 Inter 32 21
1934-35 Inter 30 19
1935-36 Inter 29 24
1936-37 Inter 26 11
1937-38 Inter 26 20
1938-39 Inter 16 4
1939-40 Inter 0 0
1940-41 Milan 14 6
1941-42 Milan 23 3
1942-43 Juventus 27 10
1945-46 Atalanta 14 2
1946-47 Inter 17 2
Total Serie A 367 216

Meazza is still today the third top-scorer ever in the Italian Championship.

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National team record

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

  • 1 2 2 9/ 2/30 Roma Switzerland 4-2
  • 2 1 3 2/ 3/30 Frankfurt Germany 2-0
  • 3 3 6/ 4/30 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-1
  • 4 3 6 11/ 5/30 Budapest Hungary 5-0 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 5 6 22/ 6/30 Bologna Spain 2-3
  • 6 3 9 25/ 1/31 Bologna France 5-0
  • 7 1 10 22/ 2/31 Milano Austria 2-1 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 8 10 29/ 3/31 Bern Switzerland 1-1 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 9 10 19/ 4/31 Bilbao Spain 0-0
  • 10 1 11 20/ 5/31 Roma Scotland 3-0
  • 11 11 15/11/31 Roma Czechoslovakia 2-2 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 12 1 12 20/ 3/32 Wien Austria 1-2 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 13 12 8/ 5/32 Budapest Hungary 1-1 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 14 12 28/10/32 Prague Czechoslovakia 1-2 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 15 1 13 27/11/32 Milano Hungary 4-2
  • 16 1 14 1/ 1/33 Bologna Germany 3-1
  • 17 2 16 12/ 2/33 Brussel Belgium 3-2
  • 18 1 17 2/ 4/33 Genève Switzerland 3-0 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 19 17 13/ 5/33 Roma England 1-1
  • 20 1 18 3/12/33 Firenze Switzerland 5-2 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 21 18 11/ 2/34 Torino Austria 2-4 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 22 2 20 25/ 3/34 Milano Greece 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
  • 23 1 21 27/ 5/34 Roma United States 7-1 World Cup
  • 24 21 31/ 5/34 Firenze Spain 1-1 World Cup
  • 25 1 22 1/ 6/34 Firenze Spain 1-0 World Cup
  • 26 22 3/ 6/34 Milano Austria 1-0 World Cup
  • 27 22 10/ 6/34 Roma Czechoslovakia 2-1 World Cup
  • 28 2 24 14/11/34 London England 2-3
  • 29 1 25 9/12/34 Milano Hungary 4-2
  • 30 2 27 17/ 2/35 Roma France 2-1
  • 31 27 28/10/35 Prague Czechoslovakia 1-2 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 32 27 24/11/35 Milano Hungary 2-2 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 33 27 5/ 4/36 Zürich Switzerland 2-1
  • 34 27 17/ 5/36 Roma Austria 2-2
  • 35 1 28 31/ 5/36 Budapest Hungary 2-1
  • 36 1 29 25/10/36 Milano Switzerland 4-2 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 37 29 25/ 4/37 Torino Hungary 2-0 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 38 29 23/ 5/37 Prague Czechoslovakia 1-0 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 39 1 30 27/ 5/37 Oslo Norway 3-1
  • 40 30 31/10/37 Genève Switzerland 2-2 Dr. Gerö Cup
  • 41 30 5/ 2/37 Paris France 0-0
  • 42 1 31 15/ 5/38 Milano Belgium 6-1
  • 43 1 32 22/ 5/38 Genova Yugoslavia 4-0
  • 44 32 5/ 6/38 Marseille Norway 2-1 World Cup
  • 45 32 12/ 6/38 Paris France 3-1 World Cup
  • 46 1 33 16/ 6/38 Marseille Brazil 2-1 World Cup
  • 47 33 19/ 6/38 Paris Hungary 4-2 World Cup
  • 48 33 26/ 3/39 Firenze Germany 3-2
  • 49 33 13/ 5/39 Milano England 2-2
  • 50 33 4/ 6/39 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-1
  • 51 33 8/ 6/39 Budapest Hungary 3-1
  • 52 33 11/ 6/39 Bucuresti Romania 1-0
  • 53 33 20/ 7/39 Helsinki Finland 3-2

With 33 goals still today Meazza is the second highest scorer of the Italian national team, behind only Luigi Riva.

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