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Aldo Donati
Personal information
Full name	Aldo Donati
Date of birth	29 September 1910
Place of birth	Bologna, Italy
Date of death	3 November 1984 (aged 74)
Place of death	Rome, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1929–37	Bologna
1937–43	Roma
1945–46	Inter
Total
International career
1938	Italy
Medal record
Italy
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aldo Donati (29 September 1910 – 3 November 1984) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.^[1]

Club career

Born in Bologna, he played in the 1930s for Bologna and Roma. He played 201 matches in Serie A and scored 4 goals. He debuted in Serie A at 19 years of age and played for eight seasons for Bologna, winning the scudetto in 1936 and 1937, as well as the Mitropa Cup. The following year he was acquired by Roma where he played seven seasons. In 1942 he won his third scudetto (Roma's first) before retiring. After the Second World War, he later also played a season with Inter between 1945–46.^[2]^[3]

International career

For the Italy national football team he was selected to the 1938 FIFA World Cup-winning squad as a reserve player, although he never made his debut for Italy.^[3]^[4]

Honours

Club

Bologna^[3]

Serie A: 1935–36, 1936–37
Mitropa Cup: 1932, 1934

Roma^[3]

Serie A: 1941–42

International

Italy^[3]

FIFA World Cup: 1938

References

^ Albensi, Valerio. I campioni che hanno fatto grande la AS Roma. Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-88-541-5985-3.
^ "Donati, Aldo" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Mondiali 1938 - Capitolo VIII: Ritratti dei Campioni del Mondo" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ "Donati, Aldo" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

External links

Article noting the death of Addio Rava, the last surviving 1938 World Cup player from Italy, in La Gazzetta dello Sport

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[1] Albensi, Valerio. I campioni che hanno fatto grande la AS Roma. Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-88-541-5985-3.

[2] "Donati, Aldo" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[storiedicalcio-3] "Mondiali 1938 - Capitolo VIII: Ritratti dei Campioni del Mondo" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[4] "Donati, Aldo" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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