Virgilio Felice Levratto (; 26 October 1904 – 18 September 1968) was an Italian association football player and later a coach, who played as a striker.

Club career

Levratto was born in Carcare. Throughout his club career, he played for F.C. Vado (where he won his first Coppa Italia title in 1922, scoring a decisive goal in the final) and also played for Hellas Verona F.C., Genoa C.F.C. (appearing in 148 matches and scoring 84 goals), Inter Milan in 1932, and S.S. Lazio in 1934. He later played with Savona in Serie C, and closed his career in Serie D with Cavese.

Virgilio Levratto

International career

With the Italy national football team, Levratto obtained 28 international caps, scoring 11 goals. He played in the 1924 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics. & won the 1927–30 Central European International Cup.

Virgilio Levratto

Style of play

A well-known striker with an eye for goal, Levratto was also known as "Lo Sfondareti" (The net-tearer) for his famous powerful shot.

Virgilio Levratto

Managerial career

In the 1950s, Levratto coached Savona, Messina, U.S. Lecce and was assistant coach for Fulvio Bernardini at ACF Fiorentina during the 1955–56 season.

In popular culture

In 1940s, popular singers Quartetto Cetra dedicated Virgilio a song, titled "Che centrattacco!" ("What a striker!").

Honours

Club

Vado

Coppa Italia: 1922

Savona

Serie C: 1939–40

International

Italy

Central European International Cup: 1927-30

Summer Olympics: Bronze 1928

References

External links

Virgilio Levratto at databaseOlympics.com

1904 births

1968 deaths

Sportspeople from the Province of Genoa

Italian men's footballers

Italy men's international footballers

Men's association football forwards

Serie A players

Serie C players

Hellas Verona FC players

Genoa CFC players

Inter Milan players

SS Lazio players

Cavese 1919 players

FC Vado players

Olympic footballers for Italy

Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Olympic bronze medalists for Italy

Italian football managers

ACR Messina managers

US Lecce managers

Olympic medalists in football

Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Sportspeople from the Province of Savona

Footballers from Liguria

20th-century Italian people