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Vittore Gottardi

Vito Gottardi
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-09-24)24 September 1941
Place of birth Caslano, Switzerland
Date of death 18 December 2015(2015-12-18) (aged 74)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Youth career
Rapid Lugano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 FC Lugano
1962–1964 Lausanne
1965–1968 FC Lugano
1969–1970 Bellinzona 32 (6)
International career
1966–1967 Switzerland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vittore Gottardi (24 September 1941 – 18 December 2015) was a Swiss footballer who played as a winger or forward. He represented the Switzerland in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Club career

Gottardi played for FC Lugano, Bellinzona, Lausanne and Rapid Lugano.[3] He won the Swiss Cup with Lausanne in 1964 and with Lugano in 1968, but was on the losing side in the 1969 Cup final with Bellinzona.[4]

International career

Gottardi made his debut for Switzerland in a July 1966 FIFA World Cup match against Spain[5] and earned a total of four caps. His final international was a January 1967 friendly match against Mexico.

Honours

Lausanne-Sport

Lugano

  • Swiss Cup: 1968

References