- Egidio Calloni
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playername = Egidio Calloni
fullname = Egidio Calloni
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1952|12|1
cityofbirth =Busto Arsizio
countryofbirth =Italy
height = height|m=1.80
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position =Striker
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youthclubs = Internazionale
years = 1970-1971 1971-1972 1972-1974 1974-1978 1978-1979
1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982
clubs = Varese Verbania (loan) Varese AC Milan Verona Perugia Palermo Como
caps(goals) = 0 (0) 38 (15) 50 (23) 101 (31) 20 (8) 12 (0) 29 (11) 8 (2)
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ntupdate =Egidio Calloni (born
December 1 ,1952 inBusto Arsizio ,Province of Varese ) is an Italian former footballstriker , best known for his stint at AC Milan.A Internazionale youth system product, he then moved to Varese and then on loan to
Serie C club Verbania. He returned at Varese in 1972, scoring 23 goals in twoSerie B seasons, being noted by AC Milan. Signed by the "rossoneri" in 1974, he played four seasons with AC Milan as a regular, scoring 31 goals in 101 matches. He became however famous for his several striking mistakes which brought popular journalistGianni Brera to nickname him "sciagurato Egidio" (Egidio the wretched), after a minor character fromAlessandro Manzoni 's novel "The Betrothed ".He then played with little success with several other
Serie A teams, such as Verona and Perugia, being a backup forPaolo Rossi in the latter. He then moved toSerie B club Palermo, scoring 11 goals in 29 matches (including a single match in the 1981-82 season) and being the "rosanero" topscorer in 1980-81. He then returned to play at Serie A level with Como, failing however to impress, being featured only eight times, and scoring two goals. He retired in 1982, aged 30.Calloni currently works as an agent for a national
gelato company of Italy. He gained news in 2007 after having been involved in a car accident following acerebral ischemia attack.
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