Renato Curi
Curi with Perugia in 1974–75 season
Personal information
Full name Renato Curi
Date of birth (1953-09-20)20 September 1953
Place of birth Montefiore dell'Aso, Italy
Date of death 30 October 1977(1977-10-30) (aged 24)
Place of death Perugia, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1973 Giulianova 105 (3)
1973–1974 Como 24 (0)
1974–1977 Perugia 81 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Renato Curi (20 September 1953 – 30 October 1977) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best known for his tenure as a Perugia mainstay in the 1970s until his death during a league game against Juventus.

Biography

Renato Curi was born in Montefiore dell'Aso, Province of Ascoli Piceno in 1953. He started his professional career in 1969 with then-amateur club Giulianova, helping his side to win promotion to Serie C. He left Giulianova in 1973 for Como, and Serie B club Perugia one year later, helping his side, coached by Ilario Castagner, to win a historical first promotion ever to Serie A, and being a grifoni mainstay in the next years. Notably, his impressive performances proved to be instrumental for ensuring Perugia a historical sixth place in their 1976–77 Serie A campaign, and newspapers started rumours about a possible call-up of him for the Italy national football team. However, this never happened, as Curi suddenly died on 30 October 1977 during a home match against Juventus, five minutes after the beginning of the second half, due to a myocardial infarction.[1]

Legacy

The Perugia home stadium where Curi died was later named after him.[2] Also, a Serie D team is named Renato Curi Angolana.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kennedy, Francis (8 December 1998). "Football: Italian magistrate investigates `suspect deaths' of 45 players". Independent. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Gillon, Doug (19 March 2012). "'It verges on the obscene in striking apparently fit and healthy young people'". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Ashdown, John (17 February 2010). "Which clubs are named after people?". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

Bibliography

  • Bacci, Andrea; Paolo Sollier (2005). Continua a correre Renato Curi. Torino: Bradipolibri.

See also

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