Sergio Cervato

Sergio Cervato

Personal information
Full name	Sergio Cervato
Date of birth	(1929-10-22)22 October 1929
Place of birth	Carmignano di Brenta, Padua, Italy
Date of death
Place of death	Italy
Position(s)	Left Back
Youth career
1946–1947	Football Club Bolzano 1996
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1959	ACF Fiorentina	316	(31)
1959–1961	Juventus	62	(7)
1961–1965	SPAL 1907	91	(7)
International career
1951–1960	Italy	28	(4)
Managerial career
1952–1954	Pescara
1956	Trani
1957	Empoli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Cervato (22 March 1929 – 9 October 2005) was an Italian football (soccer) player.

Cervato was born in Carmignano di Brenta, province of Padua.

One of the finest defenders of Serie A, he was a quick and tireless competitor. He also boasted a fierce shot and took both penalties and free-kicks. Playing for AC Fiorentina, he often contributed to the Viola's attacks, scoring 31 goals during his 10 years in Florence.

In the 1955–1956 season he won 1 title ("Scudetto") with AC Fiorentina. He won 2 more titles with Juventus F.C. He closed career in 1965 with Spal Ferrara in Serie B. In Serie A he played 466 matches and scored 45 goals.

In the 1955–56 Scudetto Triumph, ACF Fiorentina lost just one game – the very last one at Genoa. In the 1957 European Cup Final a Cervato captained team gave Real Madrid a fright but eventually lost 2–0. Cevato Captained Fiorentina

The 1955–56 team is regarded as one of the best Serie A has ever seen and Fulvio Bernardini's men should have won more titles being runners-up in 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960.

For Italian national team he got 28 international caps, scored 4 goals and participated at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. After he retired he managed Pescara, Empoli and Fiorentina youth teams.

He died at 76 years old in Florence.

Honours

With ACF Fiorentina

• 1955–56 Serie A Winners
• 1956–57 Serie A Runner-up
• 1956–57 European Cup Runner-up
• 1957–58 Serie A Runner-up
• 1958–59 Serie A Runner-up
• 1958–59 Coppa Italia Runner-up
• 1959–60 Coppa Italia Runner-up

With Juventus F.C

• 1959–60 Serie A
• 1959–60 Coppa Italia
• 1960–61 Serie A

References

• • [1] Scudetto 1955–56 Team
  • [2] Fiorentina All Time Eleven
  • [3] All Time Domestic Appearances
  • [4] International Appearances