Valerio Bacigalupo

Infobox Football biography
playername = Valerio Bacigalupo
fullname = Valerio Bacigalupo
dateofbirth = 12 February 1924 [ [http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Bacigalupo.html Enciclopedia Del Calcio] ]
cityofbirth = Vado Ligure
countryofbirth = Italy
dateofdeath = death date and age|1949|5|4|1924|2|12|df=y
cityofdeath = Superga
countryofdeath = Italy
height =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1942-1943
1944
1945-1949
clubs = Savona
Genoa
Torino
caps(goals) = 20 (0)
20 (0)
137 (0)
nationalyears = 1947-1949
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (0)

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.

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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