Valerio Bacigalupo

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Valerio Bacigalupo
Personal information
Full name	Valerio Bacigalupo
Date of birth	12 February 1924[1]
Place of birth	Vado Ligure, Italy
Date of death	4 May 1949 (aged 25)
Place of death	Superga, Italy
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1942-1943 1944 1945-1949	Savona Genoa Torino	20 (0) 20 (0) 137 (0)
National team
1947-1949	Italy	5 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Valerio Bacigalupo (12 February 1924 - 4 May 1949) was an Italian football goalkeeper from Vado Ligure, Savona. He started his career off with home province side Savona. After a brief spell at Genoa he moved to Torino where he won Serie A four times in a row.

Bacigalupo came from a footballing family as his older brother Manlio Bacigalupo also played. Valerio earned a call up to the Italian national football team five times. He died in the Superga air disaster with most of the Il Grande Torino line-up.

After his death, the club where he started his career at, Savona renamed their ground as Stadio Valerio Bacigalupo in his honour.

[edit] Honours

• 1945–46 Serie A (Torino)
• 1946–47 Serie A (Torino)
• 1947–48 Serie A (Torino)
• 1948–49 Serie A (Torino)

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