Lorenzo Gazzari

Renzo Gazzari

Personal information
Full name	Lorenzo Gazzari
Date of birth	(1907-01-07)7 January 1907
Place of birth	Hvar, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	1998
Place of death	Florence, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left defender
Youth career
1921–1923	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1923–1928	Hajduk Split	10	(0)
1928–1931	US Triestina	90	(9)
1931–1939	AC Fiorentina	212	(0)
1939–1940	Rivarolo
1941–1943	Casale	45	(6)
1943–1944	Asti
International career
1932	Italy B	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lorenzo "Renzo" Gazzari (7 January 1907 in Hvar – 1998 in Florence) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Gazzari played a total of 152 matches for HNK Hajduk Split between 1921 and 1928, 10 of which came in the Yugoslav Championship,^[1] and helped the club win its first national championship in 1927. Next, he will move, along his brother Otmar to Trieste to play for U.S. Triestina Calcio where he'll be spotted by the AC Fiorentina´s scouts. He will continue his career in Florence where he will make an astonishing career becoming one of the most influential defenders of the club in the 1930s, and having capped three times for the Italian B national team. He was mostly known as left full-back, playing equally well with both of his legs. After ending his playing career, he dedicated to tennis, having become a tennis coach.

Lorenzo Gazzari played three games for the Italian B national team, all in 1932.^[2]

References

1. Seasonal stats at Hajduk Split official website
2. Lorenzo Gazzari at 11v11.com

External sources

• Stats from Italy at enciclopediadelcalcio.it
• Profile at Nogometni Leksikon. (in Croatian)
• Profile^{[permanent dead link‍]} at MyJuve
• Lorenzo Gazzari at ATF-Firenze.it